...identified. Note the consonance of Angelo's rejection of permissiveness in rule: We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch and not their terror (2.1. 1-4) with his: Now, as fond fathers....

...Doctor of Law, in his long, black gown, was a highly respected figure. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ACT 2, SCENE 1 Because...

...Doctor of Law, in his long, black gown, was a highly respected figure. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, ACT 2, SCENE 1 Because...

...essence, is Angelo's idea of the 'rule of law'. Thus he declares: -297We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.261 But, sadly, the virtues of Angelo's...

...ACT 2 Scene 1 Enter Angela, Escalus, Servants, ^and a* Justice. ANGELO We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch and not their terror. ESCALUS Ay, but yet 5 Let us be keen and...

...that he put above his desk, quoting Shakespeare's Measure for Measure: 1 We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it take one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror. 53 Eckhardt shared the Littlefield...