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This is the rule on which the trial by jury is based.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “This is the rule on which the trial by jury is based.”
Editor's note · Context
This statement highlights the foundational principle underlying the trial by jury system.
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In this manner all unjust laws are established, and made operative against the rights of the people.
The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
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