On the record
No system of law that was ever devised could be so entirely intelligible and certain to the minds of the people at large as this.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “No system of law that was ever devised could be so entirely intelligible and certain to the minds of the people at large…”
Editor's note · Context
He asserts that no legal system can be as clear and understandable to the public as the jury system.
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