How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one knows; but all fair persons not conventionalized by provincial legal habits of mind ought, I should think, unite to effect some change.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Justice needs unbiased scientific help to improve administration.
- In plain terms
- Justice should use scientific help to improve.
- What can you take from it?
- Use science to improve justice systems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can science help law?
- What makes justice fair?
Another view
Science alone may not solve legal biases.
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