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Ch. VIII General Rule
Instruction (1 §.1. Minimization of evil
Ch. VIII.
[In procedure to the Legislator and to Judge]
Practical General Rules respecting Proce Judicial Procedure
§.1. Rules as to minimization of evil.
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Minimization of
evil rules
1 Have constant regard
to ends of justice
Art. 1. Rule 1. On each occasion, have constant
regard for all the several ends of justice that is to say
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2 Minimize the
ballance of the
opposite evils
Art. 2 Rule 2. Minimize the quantity of the sum or the
balance of the evil composed of the evils opposite t respectively
to these cred ends.
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3 Overlook not propinquity
& probability
Art. 3. Rule 3 Of the several elements,
of rules as applied in pleasure and pain pleasure to good over
evil, magnitude — the compound of interests and division
being the most apparent, be careful not to mistook those,
he has which above the good or evil in question is distinct
are most liable to be overlooked or underlaid, namely
propinquity and probability.
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4 Forget not evil
of 2d order
Art. 4. Rule 4. In like manner in the
case of any maleficent act in practice whether of d on the part of
persons at large or on the part of judicial functionaries, forget
not to take into account the evil of the 2d order to wit
the 2d order — composed of the changes and where the
diffuse evil, may serve then the evil of the 1st order the
compound of the single seated and the domestically diffuse
evil
☞ Add examples of 1. Evil practice at large. 2. Evil practices
of judicial functionaries.
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