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The jurisprudence of every nation has, with more or less clearness, recognized the existence of certain primal and fundamental laws which are superior to the laws, statutes, or conventions of living generations.
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Beck asserts the recognition of fundamental laws that transcend ordinary legislation in every nation's jurisprudence.
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