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{{a|maxim|}}{{quote| | {{a|maxim|}}{{quote| | ||
''But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,<br> | ''But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, <br> | ||
''In proving foresight may be vain:<br> | ''In proving foresight may be vain:<br> | ||
''The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men,<br> | ''The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men,<br> | ||
''Gang aft agley.<br> | |||
''An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, <br> | ''An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,<br> | ||
''For promis’d joy!<br> | |||
—Robert Burns, '' To a Mouse''}} | |||
Anglo Saxon lawyers are trained from their first day that the [[common law]] flows in a [[Golden thread|golden stream]] from the [[Doctrine of precedent|decided case law]]; that the mystic runes of their craft are therefore the literary by-product of [[litigation]]. It is hardly a surprise, therefore, that they should be tempted to regard litigation as the highest expression of their art, a kind of Sinai from which stone tablets are delivered. | Anglo Saxon lawyers are trained from their first day that the [[common law]] flows in a [[Golden thread|golden stream]] from the [[Doctrine of precedent|decided case law]]; that the mystic runes of their craft are therefore the literary by-product of [[litigation]]. It is hardly a surprise, therefore, that they should be tempted to regard litigation as the highest expression of their art, a kind of Sinai from which stone tablets are delivered. | ||