JB/031/126/001

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1828 Oct. 22

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The smaller the number of
Subordinate heads the better

Rights & obligations — the
Subject matter of all law.

[.] Rights and Obligations — these are subject matters of
all law every where: and under these two heads may every thing
that belongs to law — every thing that can be said on the subject
of law — be included ranked.

Rights, of the nature of
good, obligations of evil.
Object to maximize rights
& minimize obligations, but
only by obligations, can
rights be conferred, still
aggregate of rights may be
encreased & do of obligations
diminished.

Rights are of the nature of good: obligations, of
the nature of evil. In so far as the greatest happiness principle
rules gives direction — the endeavour of the legislator will be to maximize
the good, to minimize the evil: thence it is that in the
order of consideration right the first place is claimed by rights

So far as the aggregate of obligations are the subject matter, the object is
to minimise it. True: but, otherwise than by means of
obligations no rights [can be conferred or created created and conferred] can be
brought into existence: still however not so entirely
connate are they and inseparable, but that the aggregate mass
of rights remaining stationary or receiving encrease, the aggregate
weight of obligations may be diminished.

Identifier: | JB/031/126/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 31.
Date_1	1828-10-22	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	031	Main Headings	civil code
Folio number	126a "a" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 126.	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	b&m 1828
Marginals	richard doane	Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	9812
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