Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-03 | Page 16 | Dean Leary Talks on Respect of Law

DEAN LEARY TALKS ON RESPECT OF LAW Why Qm laws which go cm America arc worthy the respect of ev-ry reasoning reason-ing poj-flon way t-xplalncd hy I 'ran W. H. Leary of th law tfiwifll of ihf- University of Utah in a hx;turc at Ever nian a club last night Uea n I .ca ry traced t fa i lit" tory of the common law from its mrly heginnlnff in Ungland : pointed out how it had been bunt upon the conclusions of vital human experiences, and explained the reasons for tit" exceptional lnjuti: which is oc-caslonHlK oc-caslonHlK inflicted In ttu application. The lecturer baed his dlcuMon on the theory that there is a universal law by vhtch the relations between individuals should be determined, and d'. lared that the object of lawyer and statesmen In to discover, rather than to inahe, this law. Comparlbon w u-i drawn between thu common law and the general I y accepted rooral cdee. showing that in its ubstan-tlv- form the law in almost parallel to what conscience dictates an right. He pointed out the difference between the law in pure theory and Its application, applica-tion, and told his hearers not to condemn con-demn the principles because men In their human weaknetsn. made infMaks.s tit applying ap-plying them.