He knew the law, and adhered closely to the letter of he law, but since he had come west, here with these people of wider, more liberal view, he was beginning to feel what one of his old teachers had long ago told him. That no matter what the letter of the law said, it was of purely general application. It was teh judge and his sense of justice that gave law its meaning. There were differences. All cases were not black or white - there were many shades of gray.
(from Guns of the Timberlands, by Louis Lamour)
More HERE from Louis Lamous about law.
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