Lysander Spooner: “The true definition of law is, that it is a fixed, immutable, natural…”

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The true definition of law is, that it is a fixed, immutable, natural principle; and not anything that man ever made, or can make, unmake, or alter.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner defines law as a natural principle, distinct from human-made laws.

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In this manner all unjust laws are established, and made operative against the rights of the people.

They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.

Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.

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Lysander Spooner: “The true definition of law is, that it is a fixed, immutable, natural principle; and not anything that man ever made, or…”