Code Is Followed By Commentary,

The Validity Of A Tax Depends Upon Its Nature, And Not Upon Its Name.

History Or Custom Or Social Utility Or Some Compelling Sense Of Justice Or Sometimes Perhaps A Semi-intuitive Apprehension Of The Pervading Spirit Of Our Law Must Come To The Rescue Of The Anxious Judge And Tell Him Where To Go.

The Repetition Of A Catchword Can Hold Analysis In Fetters For Fifty Years Or More.

Opinion Has A Significance Proportioned To The Sources That Sustain It.

There Are Vogues And Fashions In Jurisprudence As In Literature And Art And Dress.