Fiduciary Scholars,
Doctrine X has been issued.
This doctrine stabilizes the entire canon.
Many attempt to escape statute by appealing to fairness.
Many attempt to override code by invoking “equity.”
That is structural error.
Equity does not replace statute.
It operates within it.
If there is an adequate remedy at law
equity does not intervene.
If statute governs
equity yields.
If jurisdiction is absent
equity cannot create it.
Fairness is not a substitute for authority.
Emotion is not a substitute for procedure.
He who seeks equity must do equity.
He who invokes equity must come with clean hands.
Understand this clearly:
Where statute speaks
equity listens.
Study this doctrine carefully.
Without it, the prior doctrines can be misapplied.
The canon is tightening.
— Kelly Legacy Institute
Auctoritas Per Legem
Authority Through Law