Quote#Politics & Power
It was a court of politicians enforcing a policy, not a court of…
Quote byFrederic William Maitland · 1850–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Star Chamber, The Constitutional History of England: A Course of Lectures (1909), p. 263.
English (original)
It was a court of politicians enforcing a policy, not a court of judges administering the law.
— Frederic William Maitland
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