California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Quail v. Municipal Court, 171 Cal.App.3d 572, 217 Cal.Rptr. 361 (Cal. App. 1985):
7 (See also Boddie v. Connecticut (1971) 401 U.S. 371, 374, 91 S.Ct. 780, 784, 28 L.Ed.2d 113 ["[N]o characteristic of an organized and cohesive society is more fundamental than its erection and enforcement of a system of rules ... enabling [its members] to ... settle their differences in an orderly ... manner."].)
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