With just over 500 passages arranged by historical era, this collection contains very little filler, essentially presenting a string of “all-star” legal quotations. This volume is a recommended read or gift for the law student, lawyer and judge – not to mention anybody interested in the legal profession. As should be said of any good read, Rapkine’s reference book accomplishes two goals – it entertains as well as educates. . .

I’ve checked out the excerpts of the book and found a few familiar names. Probably one of my favorites would have to be:

“If books and laws continue to increase as they have done for fifty years past; I am in some concern for future ages, how any man will be learned, or any man a lawyer.”

~JONATHAN SWIFT
Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1711