It is to my mind much to be regretted, and it is a regret w… - Arthur Kekewich

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It is to my mind much to be regretted, and it is a regret which I believe every Judge on the bench shares, that text-books are more and more quoted in Court—I mean, of course, text-books by living authors—and some Judges have gone so far as to say that they shall not be quoted.

Arthur Kekewich

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Sir Arthur Kekewich (26 July 1832 – 22 November 1907) was a British High Court judge.

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Alternative Names: Sir Arthur Kekewich • Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Kekewich

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