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The same influence that screened an European from the jurisdiction of the country courts would have equally protected his native agent and representative.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “The same influence that screened an European from the jurisdiction of the country courts would have equally protected…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke points out that the same protections afforded to Europeans also extend to their native agents, blurring lines of accountability.
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