Lysander Spooner: “It requires of him only the same care to know his duty in regard to…”

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It requires of him only the same care to know his duty in regard to the law, that he is morally bound to use in other matters of equal importance.

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Lysander Spooner

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He argues that individuals should exercise the same care in understanding the law as they do in other important matters.

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Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.

All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.

One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.

Lysander Spooner: “It requires of him only the same care to know his duty in regard to the law, that he is morally bound to use in other…”