Quotes About Legal

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

If I go into a relationship with an artist, which at most is going to last five years, we have a 100-page contract covering every eventuality. Whereas with marriage you go into it with no contract, with laws that date back hundreds of years, and I don't think that's right.

I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons.

The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial.

The right to a trial is a core principle of the American legal system. Depriving Americans of these essential liberties undermines the Constitution while doing nothing to strengthen our national security.

Companies shouldn't use the law to prevent consumers from doing something legal.

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

Most legal scholars and historians agree that the Antiquities Act does not give the president the authority to revoke previous national monument designations, but a president can change the boundaries of a national monument.

American foreign policy needs to be driven by what will get results and what is legal, not by what satisfies our primal instincts of revenge.

We have a legal immigration system that's outdated, it's primarily based on whether you have family members living here. In the 21st century, it has to be more of a merit-based system, and that is why our legal immigration system is in need of modernization.

The principles of conservatism include upholding the rule of law and the United Kingdom's international legal obligations.

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism of the law.

Don't hire a prison consultant.

It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent.

There are many innocent people in prison.

Death row prisoners face enormous challenges in finding lawyers who will assist them.

Well, if I used the privilege of self-incrimination at that time, I must have felt that perhaps there might be something that might incriminate me in answering.

Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the ability to enter into contracts, limited liability and perpetual life.

I take a lot of pro bono cases, and I always have to balance my pro bono cases with my paying clients because this is a law firm - this is a business.

This pro-choice issue is a legal issue that should be decided by the courts.

When I went to law school, I had Roger Fisher for Civil Procedure. I never heard anything about negotiations.

There is a presumption of innocence in American law that means that you cannot consider making someone guilty until all the evidence is in the the procedures are completed.

Until the legal formalities are completed, one is not supposed to make it public. When a child comes home, he/she is considered to be in foster care for the first month; the legal procedures begin after that.

If you think about corporate legal work that's done today, some part of it is art and then some of it is repeatable processes.