"You shall not render partial verdict; and do not favor the poor nor show deference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly!" ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:15
"No Sabbath laws apply wherever there is doubt that life is in danger." ~~ Yoma 8:6
"Judgment delayed is judgment voided." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin 95a
"Lend a man money when he needs it and pay back a loan yourself in time!" ~~ Ben Sira 29:2
"Do not side with the majority to do wrong!" ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 23:2
"The law of the land prevails." ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"Wherever peace reigns, you need no courts." ~~ Tosefta
"The side that changes an agreement will be the loser." ~~ Talmud, Rosh Hashana
"Follow not the majority in the wrong way, because the many are not always wise!" ~~ Mishle Assaf
"There is a type of meekness that brings a man to Gehenna: for instance, the judge who knows that other judges made an error, but says, “Shall I put them to shame?”…Or the man who hears a congregation speak falsely and says, “Who am I to correct them?”… there is a kind of humility which is not righteousness." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"Who pleads after the verdict pleads nothing. [It’s too late to plead once a sentence is pronounced.] " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"A warning to courts: not to hear one litigant before the other comes." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
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