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The judge, even when he is free, is still not wholly free. He is not a knight-errant roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness. A judge is to draw his inspiration from con secrated principles. Wide enough in all conscience is the field of discretion that remains.”
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© 2009 Stéphanie Balme and Michael W. Dowdle
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Balme, S. (2009). Ordinary Justice and Popular Constitutionalism in China. In: Balme, S., Dowdle, M.W. (eds) Building Constitutionalism in China. The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623958_11
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