JB/047/220/001

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4 Dec 1812
Evidence

In matters of law at least or matters of legislation,
at least – reason is an instrument by which means are
there employed and directed, to the attainment of an
end. Of legislation the proper and only proper end may, it is hoped,
without much presumption, be stated as being, the
in every community, not but there are those that will deny it – the creation and preservation of
the greatest quantity of happiness to the greatest
number – or in one word happiness: – a false
and, the creation and preservation of the greatest quantity
of happiness to a few to the to the prejudice, and in domination of that of
the greatest number, to a few, and those few naturally
undeniably and usually the possessors of the several powers of government,
with their official subordinates and other favourites: their associates and connections: – and this,
in proportion as the machinery of government is looked
into, will be almost everywhere be seen to be the
end, principally at least, if not actually
exclusively aimed at as pursued./p> <p>As to the faculty it has for the same called will, its act, volition
has, on each occasion, for its causes, interests acting in the character
of motives. In what way these springs of action, with as little
assistance as perhaps in any instance was ever received
or looked for from the faculty of reason, given existence to
everywhere to the law of Evidence, and more particularly to the
English law of Evidence, is among those questions
the answers to which will, in some shape or other, it
is supposed, present themselves be found, as occasion serves presenting itself themselves to the reader, on his
progress through the work.

Knowledge of the proper is seldom to be obtained without
knowledge of the mischief: for the purpose of remedies knowledge of the effect is seldom sufficient
without knowledge of the cause.

Identifier: | JB/047/220/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 47.
Date_1	1812-01-04	Marginal Summary Numbering	3
Box	047	Main Headings	rationale of judicial evidence
Folio number	220	Info in main headings field	evidence
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / e2 / f6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	15088
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