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It was seen that to allow the king's judges to dictate the law to the jury would be equivalent to making the legislation of the king imperative upon the jury.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “It was seen that to allow the king's judges to dictate the law to the jury would be equivalent to making the legislation…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner warns that allowing judges to dictate law to juries undermines their independence.
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Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.
Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?
And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.
That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.