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This principle is common to every system of civilized jurisprudence; but it has been nowhere expressed with more force than in the maxims of the Common Law and the decisions of its courts.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “This principle is common to every system of civilized jurisprudence; but it has been nowhere expressed with more force…”
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Sumner highlights a fundamental principle of law that is universally recognized across legal systems.
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