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"Since natural law was thought to be accessible to the ordinary man, the theory invited each juror to inquire for himself whether a particular rule of law -was consonant with principles of higher law. This view is reflected in John Adams' statement that it would be an 'absurdity' for jurors to be required to accept the judge~s view of the law, 'against their own opinion, judgment, and conscience.'" Note (anon.) The Changing Role of the Jury in the Nineteenth Century, Yale Law Journal, 74, 172, (1964).
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