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1831 Nov. 4
Bankruptcy Court Bill Observations on

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Of bit-and-bit reform his Lordship had himself
expressed his disapprobation. In the present instance, this
and no more was what he so much as professed to bring
about: had this been thus the tendency of it – had I stood
assured that this would be the effect of it, and had I been at
the same time assured that it would not prevent a compleat
law-reform, far from opposing it, I should have done
what depended upon me, if needful, towards supporting it:
even on the supposition of its not thing amounting to anything more
than a slight contribution towards that great object.

But so far from instead of its being a bit-and-bit reform, my
persuasion apprehension is – that if it continues in its point that
if it continues unamended, it will in the first place
be a bit-and-bit deterioration⊞ ⊞ not a patent remedy, but an aggravation of the diseases – just as his Local
Judicatory measure was – and like that has the effect of vast power
a formidable obstruction of law-reform, partly by
portion it would absorb of the public money applicable
to that purpose, partly in the disorder it
would reflect on the very idea of law reform,
and thence form a plausible argument and ground for opposition
to every plans of reform in general, and to that in which
I myself had been occupied in for more years than
he has lived.

Identifier: | JB/004/490/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Date_1	1831-11-04	Marginal Summary Numbering	11-12
Box	004	Main Headings	lord brougham displayed
Folio number	490	Info in main headings field	[[info_in_main_headings_field::bankruptcy court bill observations co[ntinued]]]
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	george bentham; jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	2411
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