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Lord Alfred Denning
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QUOTE 1: "Punishment is
the way in which society expresses its denunciation of wrong doing; and, in
order to maintain respect for the law, it is essential that the punishment
inflicted for grave crimes should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the
great majority of citizens for them. It is a mistake to consider the objects of
punishments as being a deterrent or reformative or preventive and nothing
else... The truth is that some crimes are so outrageous that society insists on
adequate punishment, because the wrong doer deserves it, irrespective of
whether it is a deterrent or not."
QUOTE 2: Our sovereignty has
been taken away by the European Court of Justice...Our courts must no longer
enforce our national laws. They must enforce Community law...No longer is
European law an incoming tide flowing up the estuaries of England. It is now
like a tidal wave bringing down our sea walls and flowing inland over our
fields and houses—to the dismay of all. [Introduction to The
European Court of Justice: Judges or Policy Makers? (London: Bruges Group, 1990)]
AUTHOR: Alfred
Thompson "Tom" Denning, Baron Denning, OM, PC, DL (23 January
1899 – 5 March 1999), commonly known as Lord Denning, was a British soldier, mathematician, lawyer and
judge.
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