Mistress of Justice (2011)
“The foliage in his title was a metaphor for the study and practice of law and his meaning was that this field, in all its many incarnations, is endless. In that book he wrote that “the only cure for law is more law,” by which he was suggesting that you cannot dabble at the profession. When you are overwhelmed by the case, the business deal, the jurisprudential study, when you are exhausted, when you cannot bear the thought of proceeding one more moment, you can find salvation only by pushing fo...rward, deeper into the tangle.
The law, he was suggesting, is an infinitely complex, uncompromising mistress.
Wendall Clayton thought of Professor Llewellyn’s writing now as he sat across his desk from Randy Simms, late Sunday morning at the firm.
The smarmy young lawyer had just delivered troubling news. They had managed to sabotage the long-term lease that Burdick had been trying to put into place. But some of the old-guard partners at the firm were refusing to vote in favor of the merger.MoreLess
The law, he was suggesting, is an infinitely complex, uncompromising mistress.
Wendall Clayton thought of Professor Llewellyn’s writing now as he sat across his desk from Randy Simms, late Sunday morning at the firm.
The smarmy young lawyer had just delivered troubling news. They had managed to sabotage the long-term lease that Burdick had been trying to put into place. But some of the old-guard partners at the firm were refusing to vote in favor of the merger.MoreLess
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