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Juries Obs
he is not likely to know understand as well as they what degree measure
of suffering individuals this is that anindividual in general are likely to experience
from such or such a [a mode or degree of punishment]
a sum of money taken from him in the name
of pa damages, he is not better more likely to understand
bett [better than they] what measure of suffering
is likely to be undergone experienced
by the same individual
from the same sum taken from him in the
name of fine. If he is not so likely equally to understand
what measure of suffering enjoyment is likely to be
produced by the taking acquisition of a certain
sum of money, he is not likely to understand
much better what measure of suffering in likely
to be produced by the loss of the same sum.
No remarkable degree share measure of unpopularity
has since the Revolution fixation of the permanency
of the Judges been ever observed to result from
the exercise of this discretion with regard to punishment:
Experience then even on the part of
Judges labouring on other accounts under a very
considerable share of this burthen affliction. Experience therefore
testifies against the probability of their labouring
under the same misfortune in consequence were they to possess of their
possessing a less formidable discretion with regard
to pecuniary satisfaction.
An analogy tantamount to actual experience
Identifier: | JB/035/058/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
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035 |
constitutional code; evidence; procedure code |
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text sheet |
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f47 / f48 / f49 / f50 |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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10651 |
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