The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs. (Felix Frankfurter)

The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs.

Felix Frankfurter

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