Dura lex sed lex. dū´ra lāks sād lāks. dɜ´ru leks sed leks.
“The law is hard, but law.” A maxim of Roman civil law meaning that, however regrettable the outcome of the legal decision may be, the law must be proclaimed and enforced. The maxim has been used both sincerely and disingenuously. ... ...
Access to the complete content on Oxford Reference requires a subscription or purchase. Public users are able to search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter without a subscription.
Please subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you have purchased a print title that contains an access token, please see the token for information about how to register your code.
For questions on access or troubleshooting, please check our FAQs, and if you can''t find the answer there, please contact us.
