The progress of society, from a condition of semi-barbarism and ignorance to a state of the highest culture and refinement, may be traced by its advancement in the modes of administering justice, and in the character and learning of its tribunals.
Stevenson emphasizes the relationship between societal progress and the administration of justice.
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