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Harold J. Laski: Anything less than this seems to me a wanton abuse of freedom; and, mutatis mutandis, this type of safeguard seems to me…

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Anything less than this seems to me a wanton abuse of freedom; and, mutatis mutandis, this type of safeguard seems to me urgent wherever a Minister is given a discretionary power which affects the liberty of the subject.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski warns against the abuse of discretionary power by government ministers.

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