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Conduct must be punished or prohibited when it is harmful in itself or in the excess in which it touches society before we ought to seek access to the clumsy machinery of the law.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski asserts that harmful conduct should only be addressed by law when it directly impacts society.
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