Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law) their application is to be chan… - John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
" "Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law) their application is to be changed with the changing circumstances of the times. Some persons may call this retrogression, I call it progression of human opinion.
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About John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge PC (3 December 1820 – 14 June 1894) was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He held the posts, in turn, of Solicitor General for England and Wales, Attorney General for England and Wales, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England.
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