Edward Law, né à Great Salkeld dans le Cumberland le 16 novembre 1750 et décédé le 13 décembre 1818, 1er baron Ellenborough, fut un juge britannique, membre du Privy council, Conseil du Roi, membre du Parlement puis Procureur général pour l'Angleterre et le Pays de Galles et enfin Lord Chief Justice. Wikipedia
“The law of England is a law of liberty”
R. v. Cobbett (1804), 29 How. St. Tr. 49.
Contexte: The law of England is a law of liberty, and, consistently with this liberty, we have not what is called an imprimatur (let it be printed); there is no such preliminary licence necessary. But if a man publish a paper, he is exposed to the penal consequences, as he is in every other act, if it be illegal.
“The greater the truth the greater the libel.”
Attributed to Lord Ellenborough (c. 1789). Burns credits it to Lord Mansfield.
Attributed
King v. Hunt (1820), 2 Chit. Bep. 134.
Beckwith v. Wood and another (1817), 2 Starkie, 266.
Nicholls v. Dowding and another (1815), 1 Stark. 81.
“I know but of one Being to whom error may not be imputed.”
Rex v. Lambert and Perry (1810), 2 Camp. 402.
“No man should be allowed to have an interest against his duty.”
Thompson v. Havelock (1808), 1 Camp. 528.
“What may be good circumstances in one man, cannot be deemed so in another.”
Rex v. Locker (1803), 5 Esp. 106.
Isherwood v. Oldknow (1815), 3M. &S. (K. B. Rep.) 396, 397.
“There have been errors in the administration of the most enlightened men.”
Rex v. Lambert and Perry (1810), 2 Camp. 405.
“I am willing to put the case into any shape you choose.”
Richmond v. Heapy and another (1816), 1 Starkie, 204.
“The law merchant respects the religion of different people.”
Lindo v. Unsworth (1811), 2 Camp. 603.
“I am as jealous of the rights of juries as of those of the Court.”
Rex v. Hucks (1816), 1 Starkie, 522.
