‘We all bargain in the shadow of the law’ (Professor Robert Mnookin)
‘Laws should serve the people. People should not be made to serve the law’ (Huey P. Newton)
'Throughout the web of the English Criminal Law one golden thread is always to be seen that it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt' (Lord Sankey, Woolmington v DPP [1935] AC 462 House of Lords).
I know of only one authority which might justify the suggested method of construction. "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be the master, that's all." (Lord Atkin, Liversidge v Anderson [1942] AC 206 House of Lords).
