Quote  Category: Unsorted “The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure—the figure of ‘The Reasonable Man’.” - Sir Alan Patrick Herbert (1890-1971) Uncommon Law, 1935 - English journalist, writer, member of Parliament, regular contributor to Punch mag. Email this quote to a friend! If there is an error in this quote please let us know. Famous Quotes © ® All rights reserved.