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" We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. "
The tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Measure for ... - Page 228
by William Shakespeare - 1894
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Shakespeare Survey, Volume 40

Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 260 pages
...disassociated and partly identified. Note the consonance of Angelo's rejection of permissiveness in rule: We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting it...till custom make it Their perch and not their terror (2.1. 1-4) with his: Now, as fond fathers. Having bound up the threat'ning twigs of birch, Only to...
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Measure for Measure

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 340 pages
...made: revealed, made obvious ACT 2 Scene 1 Enter Angela, Escalus, Servants, ^and a* Justice. ANGELO We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. ESCALUS Ay, but yet 5 Let us be keen and rather cut a little Than fall and bruise to death. Alas, this...
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Crime and Punishment

Kathy Elgin - Crime - 2005 - 36 pages
...frighten custom: familiarity The Doctor of Law, in his long, black gown, was a highly respected figure. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ACT 2, SCENE 1 Because there were so many laws, people became experts at finding...
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Crime and Punishment

Kathy Elgin - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 36 pages
...frighten custom: familiarity The Doctor of Law, in his long, black gown, was a highly respected figure. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it...custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ACT 2, SCENE 1 Because there were so many laws, people became expert finding ways...
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Fundamental Rights and Democratic Governance: Essays in Caribbean Jurisprudence

Simeon C. R. McIntosh - Capital punishment - 2005 - 356 pages
...abusing discretion. '260This, in essence, is Angelo's idea of the 'rule of law'. Thus he declares: -297We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up...shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.261 But, sadly, the virtues of Angelo's legal theory or conception of justice are outweighed...
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Eckhardt: There Once Was a Congressman from Texas

Gary Keith - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 437 pages
...the old Shakespeare quotation that he had carved into a wooden block for his original lawyer's desk: "We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting...shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror."64 Eckhardt introduced a class action bill early in 1969, as the idea of broader class action...
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