Nothing is at first sight stranger than the aspect of those communities where several nations seem to be bound up together--where each is governed by its own rule of law, where no one pays any deference to the rule of law of any of the others.
Bagehot describes the complexity of communities where multiple nations coexist with their own laws.
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They are above corruption because they are the corruptors.
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