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The Judge has not organs to know and to deal with the text of the…

Quote byHenry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux · 1778–1868

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sussex Peerage Case (1844), 11 Cl. & F. 115..

English (original)

The Judge has not organs to know and to deal with the text of the foreign law, and therefore requires the assistance of a foreign lawyer who knows how to interpret it.

— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

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