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Archive: April 2013 (2 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

John Lilburne, Oaths and the Cruel Trilemma

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

Imagine a court that could force you to incriminate yourself.  It might go about its work like this: you are made to stand before a judge who refuses to give you any details about the charge laid against you.  You are forced to take an oath before your God to answer truthfully any questions that …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Law Librarians and Immortal Glory – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

“Tanta enim copia est Librorum Iuris, ut difficile omnino sit viam juris prudentiae ingredienti seligere quos in quavis parte sequator doctores.” (Burkhard Gotthelf Struve, Bibliotheca Iuris Selecta) “For so great is the abundance of lawbooks that it is altogether difficult for the beginning student of jurisprudence to select authoritative authors on the area of his …