Justice and the Modern Law

I f, in any jurisdiction of the United States, the law were suddenly to be administered as it actually is, the people would receive justice but they would be shocked. They would enter upon the enjoyment of unaccustomed rights, and would find themselves relieved from longaccustomed burdens, but, until habited to their new privileges, they would believe that the foundations of the government were being unsettled. Modem civilization has grown out of the continuous effort of man to achieve, among other things, an ideal of justice. The principles of that ideal have long since been discovered and applied. Man sright of freedom, his duty to aid his fellow man, his voluntarily assumed obligations arising out of his social relations these three underlying principles of justice have been understood more or less vaguely for many centuries. The growth of civilization has been marked by the constantly increasing skill with which they have been applied, and by the constantly increasing perception of their essential character and ultimate dominion.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org