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Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten on Justice

1830–1913 England

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It is a public scandal when the law is forced to uphold a dishonest act.

Nordenfelt v. Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co (1894)

It is not the function of a Court of justice to enforce or give effect to moral obligations which do not carry with them legal or equitable rights.

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