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In the event of controversy between these different jurisdictions, the Municipal Law establishes a judicial tribunal, and not War, as arbiter.
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Sumner argues that municipal law should resolve disputes rather than resorting to war, emphasizing judicial processes.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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