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Abogado y diplomático estadounidense (1817-1894)
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“The Americans are the first people whom heaven has favoured with an opportunity of deliberating upon and choosing forms of government under which they should live.”
“It is presumed, that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the other hand, presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still both objects are within your power of decision ... You have a right to take it upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy.”
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John Jay fue un abogado y diplomático estadounidense ante Austria-Hungría, sirviendo de 1869 a 1875. Fue hijo de William Jay y nieto de John Jay, el primer Presidente de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos. Jay fue activo en el movimiento antiesclavista, elegido presidente de la New York Young Men's Antislavery Society mientras aún estaba en la universidad. Publicó varios discursos y panfletos sobre la esclavitud y la historia, y fue elegido en 1889 como presidente de la American Historical Association.
