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Mon 10 Oct 2009Abstention from state interference maximises society's potential
We publish below an excerpt from the Law Society’s annual human rights lecture given by Lord Justice Sedley on July 27th last
Lord Justice Sedley began by describing the case of William Hone, a publisher of political tracts disguised as parodies of the Anglican liturgy, who was charged with blasphemy and acquitted by a jury in 1817.
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