Law
- Lori Douglas, Manitoba judge
- Robert Dick Douglas (1875–1960), American lawyer and son of Robert M. Douglas
- Robert M. Douglas (1849–1917), American judge, North Carolina Supreme Court justice
- William O. Douglas (1898–1980), American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
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Famous quotes containing the word law:
“According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.”
—Northrop Frye (b. 1912)