JB/035/113/001

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22 May 1808

In criminal matters, men of law the faculty of advocates have in some points
an interest common with that of the rest of the community.

In civil matters they their interest is stands at all points in
opposition to that of the rest of the community: if in any
instance to any of them it happens in any instance to
support an arrangement of procedure beneficial to the rest
of the community it is because he either does not understand
his own interest or is disposed to sacrifice it.

Far from operating as a consideration in its favour Support given to any arrangement of procedure
such a body, might naturally rationally to be considered as a
sort of certificate of its unfitness.

In the faculty of Advocates added to the assembly
of the Judges, ought certainly to be looked for if anywhere the greatest
aptitude for affirming a correct judgment on every
question of this nature. But be able is one thing: to be
willing is another.

This superior aptitude is neither more nor less than a
superior aptitude for discerning the reasons that apply to
both sides of each question. But of the aptitude qualification that can
not be refused to them what is the practical result?
That it is for those reasons that they should be called looked to – not
their naked opinion without reasons. Their opinion it
is as easy to declare on one side or on the other.
Their reasons will be such as they are and can not be applied
thus indifferently to either of the two opposite sides of a
dispute.

Identifier: | JB/035/113/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Date_1	1808-05-22	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	035	Main Headings	constitutional code; evidence; procedure code
Folio number	113	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / e1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	10706
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