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Is it too much to hope that similar aids to the understanding of complicated legislative proposals will be systematically provided in the future?
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Thomas Erskine Holland
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Holland hopes for better aids to understanding complex legislative proposals in the future.
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