July 1888: A sampling of questions from the bar exam just given shows it was more concerned with English law than New Jersey law: (1) Into how many kinds may the municipal law of England be divided? (2) What are the primary and principal objects of the law of England? How are they subdivided? (3) What are private wrongs or civil injuries? How are they redressed by the laws of England? (4) What are matrimonial and testamentary injuries? In what courts of England cognizable?
100 Years Ago
July 1913: Two months after the 137th legislative sessions adjourned, the bench and bar were still without printed copies of the statutes approved. Nearly all of them took effect on the day of approval, and the Law Journal editors could figure no reason for the print delay. “Ignorance of the law excuses no man,” they wrote, “but certainly the state is not to be excused for refusing to give wisdom in place of ignorance.”
