'I am very doubtful about the value of the exercise of telling judges or other legislators that they should look towards the ideals of justice, truth and beauty in their search for the right solution to difficult cases.' Dont expect judges to make decisions for the moral good of the community.
Moral standards of the community? 'I do not believe these standards exist'.
6) The British Constitution- 'the constitution of the UK lives on, changing from day to day for the consitution is no more and no less than what happens. Everything that happens is constitutional. And if nothing happens that would be constitutional also.'
Are there no fixed principles? 'I do not believe in generalised a priori principles. I have them filling my pockets and coming out my ears.' He thinks principles are conflicts so we are back where we began. 'And we are back where we began. Politics is what happens in the continuence or resolution of conflicts and law is no more than one means, one process, by which those conflicts are continued or may be temporarily resolved.' Conflict.
Fantasy to resolve conflicts. No sharp distinction between politics and law. Doesnt think it should be in the hands of judges.
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