CHANCELLOR’S FOOT

chancellor’s foot

chancellor’s foot. A symbol of the variability of equitable justice. • John Selden, the 17th-century jurist, is thought to have coined the phrase in this passage, from his best-known book: “Equity is a roguish thing. For law we have a measure, know what to trust to: equity is according to the conscience of him that […]

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Chancellor’s foot

Chancellor’s foot 御前大臣的尺码 约翰·塞尔登在17世纪曾写道:「衡平法是一个调皮捣蛋的东西,对于法律(普通法)来说,我们还有一个衡量标准,知道该信任什么。而衡平法是根据御前大臣的良知,这样随着其范围的宽窄,衡平法也随之变动,如果衡平法制订衡量的标准,我们可以称这尺码是御前大臣的尺码」。这段话显示了17世纪时的衡平法带有很强的个人特征。到1818年,御前大臣艾尔登勋爵则说:「没有什么事比一个人在离开衡平法院时,回想起我所做的一切正是印证了衡平法如同御前大臣的尺码一样变化无常的指责更令我痛苦的了。」该变化显示,到1818年,衡平法已变成如普通法那样确立起来的已成定规的各类原则的集合。

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