Code Is Followed By Commentary, And Commentary

Opinion Has A Significance Proportioned To The Sources That Sustain It.

Due Process Is A Growth Too Sturdy To Succumb To The Infection Of The Least Ingredient Of Error.

Every Human Being Of Adult Years And Sound Mind Has A Legal Right To Determine What Shall Be Done With His Own Body.

Consequences Cannot Alter Statutes, But May Help To Fix Their Meaning.

History Or Custom Or Social Utility Or Some Compelling Sense Of Justice Or Sometimes Perhaps A Semi-intuitive Apprehension Of The Pervading Spirit Of Our Law Must Come To The Rescue Of The Anxious Judge And Tell Him Where To Go.