...study to introduce into the court where you preside, maxims of jurisprudence unknown to the Englishman. The Roman Code, the law of nations, and the opinion...Charta, or the Bill of Rights, with approbation or respect? By such treacherous arts, the noble simplicity and free spirit of our Saxon laws were first...

...attained.' Another of Junius' topics was Lord Mansfield's supposed preference for the Civil Law — ' The Roman code, the law of * nations, and the opinion...foreign civilians, are your perpetual ' theme ; but who ever heard you mention Magna Charta, or the ' Bill of Rights, with approbation or respect?' The...

...the' Roman civil law, and his enemy, Junius, assailed Lord Mansfield because his perpetual theme was the Roman code, the law of nations and the opinion of foreign civilians. Yet out of these elements, which were preserved for him by the genius of Justinian, Mansfield transformed...

...The same reputation and expertise provided the foundation for one of Junius' most scathing gibes : " the Roman code, the law of nations, and the opinion...of foreign civilians are your perpetual theme, but who ever heard you mention Magna Charta or the Bill of Rights with approbation or respect?"51 In drawing...

...study to introduce into the court, where you preside, maxims of jurisprudence unknown to Englishmen. The Roman code, the law of nations, and the opinion of foreign civilians, are your perpetual theme;—but whoever heard you mention Magna Charta or the Bill of Rights with approbation or respect?...