 the grand principle of the Saxon polity, the trial of facts by the country," says, " from this principle (except as to that preposterous relic of barbarism, the requirement of unanimity) may we never swerve—may we never be compelled in wish to swerve—by...  On Civil Liberty and Self-government - Página 262por Francis Lieber - 1853Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...subtlety in distinction, and became as scientific as that of Rome, it maintained, without encroachment, the grand principle of the Saxon polity, the trial of facts by the country. From this principle (except as to that preposterous relic of barbarism, the requirement of unanimity)... | |
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...Reasonableness of the Rule considered. In a valuable note to his " Middle Ages," Mr. Hallam, speaking of " the grand principle of the Saxon polity, the...never swerve—may we never be compelled, in wish, to swerv —by a contempt of their oaths in jurors, and a disregard of the just limits of their trust!"... | |
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