Judges ought to remember, that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare; to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law. (Francis Bacon)

Judges ought to remember, that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare; to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law.

Francis Bacon

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