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Thomas Erskine Holland: It is for this very reason that the jurist is impelled to present the legal principles, of the need for which he is…

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It is for this very reason that the jurist is impelled to present the legal principles, of the need for which he is convinced, in a clear and precise form, to the feeling of justice of the masses, and to the legal conscience of those who guide them.
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Thomas Erskine Holland

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Holland emphasizes the jurist's role in clearly presenting legal principles to the public's sense of justice.

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