Matthew Hale’s “Rules for His Judicial Guidance, Things Necessary to Be Continually Had in Remembrance”
Some time after taking judicial office, Matthew Hale wrote up a list of 18 “Rules for his judicial guidance, things necessary to be continually had in remembrance.” The list below is taken from Campbell, The Lives of the Chief Justices of England (3d. ed. 1874, Vol. II).
Sir Matthew Hale’s Bible Verses on Judging (1668)
Some 1668 entries from Sir Matthew Hale’s diary contain reflections on judging. These reflections are preceded by Hale’s transcription of selected Bible verses from Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and 2 Chronicles. The handwritten pages of this diary are in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. These were transcribed by Dr. Maija Jansson […]