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Lysander Spooner: In England and the United States, the trial by jury is the only institution that gives the weaker party any veto upon…

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In England and the United States, the trial by jury is the only institution that gives the weaker party any veto upon the power of the stronger.
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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner identifies the trial by jury as the only institution that allows the weaker party to have a veto.

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