JB/035/070/001

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Black11. Comm. # 380

"It is wisely therefore ordered, that the principles
and axioms of law.... should be deposited in the
breasts of the the Judges" — It would be rather wiser
if they were deposited somewhere where it would
be possible for men whose conduct it is to be governed
by them to have access to them; in an a
intelligible volume for example which a man might buy for
a few shillings instead of going to and giving as
many guineas to an attorney and a council a council to tell him what
the opinion of the Judge is before the Judge has
any opinion about the matter.

"For him partiality can have little scope:"
... I have already shewn how it has under the Common
Law the only branch which he appears to
have in view it has every scope which it could
wish for.

"The law is well known" .... by being deposited
in the breasts of the Judges where no body
can get at it — and is the same for all ranks
of those who can pay the price for it. Which is the case with about one in fifty. and degrees — privilege of parliament, and gamelaws,
laws denying justice to all but the
rich &c &c for example.

"It follows as a necessary conclusion from the
premises of fact pre-established" — He means that the

Identifier: | JB/035/070/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	035	Main Headings	constitutional code; evidence; procedure code
Folio number	070	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur young
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	10663
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