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