I should deny, for instance, the right of any voluntary association to inflict physical punishment or imprisonment upon its members; and I should argue that any state was justified in immediate and drastic interference to this end.
Laski argues against the right of voluntary associations to impose physical punishment on members, supporting state intervention.
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