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John Morley: “Instead of adapting law to custom, habit, practice, and equity, parliament proceeded to break all this down.”

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Instead of adapting law to custom, habit, practice, and equity, parliament proceeded to break all this down.
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John Morley

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Morley criticizes Parliament for failing to align laws with existing customs and practices in Ireland.

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