It cannot be too clearly understood that this is not a free country, and it will be an evil day for the legal profession when it is.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Legal freedom depends on national liberty; without a free country, the legal profession suffers.
- In plain terms
- The legal system needs a free country to work well.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect national freedom to protect legal rights.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does national freedom affect legal independence?
- What defines a free country?
Another view
Some argue rule of law can exist without full political freedom.
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