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" ... it. Respect of persons is incompatible with justice. Law which is the same for Peter and for John must be administered to John and to Peter evenly. The judge is not free to show favour to Peter and disfavour to John. As the maxim has it, equality... "
A First Book of Jurisprudence for students of the common law - Page 16
by Sir Fredrick Pollock, Bart - 1904
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Harvard Law Review, Volume 9

1896 - 590 pages
...Next, the rule of generality cannot be fulfilled unless it is aided by the principle of equality. Rules of law being once declared, the rule must have the...and to Peter evenly. The judge is not free to show favor to Peter and disfavor to John. As the maxim has it, equality is equity, though the working use...
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A First Book of Jurisprudence for Students of the Common Law

Sir Frederick Pollock - 1896 - 348 pages
...unique application. Equality. Next, the rule of generality cannot be fulfilled coming within it. Eespect of persons is incompatible with justice. Law which...disfavour to John. As the maxim has it, equality is equity.1 So much is obvious and needs no further exposition. |But it may be proper to point out that...
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A First Book of Jurisprudence for Students of the Common Law

Frederick Pollock - 1918 - 428 pages
...conflict with the principles of legal justice merely because they are of limited or unique application. Peter and for John must be administered to John and...disfavour to John. As the maxim has it, equality is equity.i So much is obvious and needs no further exposition. But it may be proper to point out that...
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