JB/058/188/001

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16 May 1805
Evidence

In form and appearance. That part of the system which is presents itself in the
form of statutory law, is in form and appearance, and even as
far as power is concerned in reality, the work of a different
sort of person, the legislator. But in both branches of the law
an in a considerable degree, and in the adjective branch in
a more particular degree under the pressure of relative over & original and still encreasing, the legislator, has all along, found
it either a matter of convenience if not of necessity necessary or convenient to make use of the hand
of the man of law in one or other or more of his varieties various forms.
Now and then, under favour of seconded by the impulse of some irresistible
necessity, the interest of the public community has gained a momentary partial
ascendant victory: but excepting those exceptions, which will be duly
noticed in their place, the alteration experienced by the groundwork
under those circumstances from the hand of the legislator
has been slight and superficial, the spirit substance of the
groundwork remaining unchanged: the same hand sort which gave
it birth existence, having determined in a mere less considerable degree
influenced, if not altogether determined the colour and complexion texture
of the patches it has thus received.

Whatsoever has been the zeal and intelligence of the legislator
with whatsoever degree of zeal and intelligence actuated by social interest, he has pursued the
legitimate public end, his exertions have in every instance
been modified, repressed, aside by his professional assistants
and subordinates, labouring working under he impulse spur of the particular
and sinister interest, at the fulfilment in the service of the particular
and sinister end.

Identifier: | JB/058/188/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 58.
Date_1	1805-05-16	Marginal Summary Numbering	12-13
Box	058	Main Headings	evidence
Folio number	188	Info in main headings field	evidence
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 / e5
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	18857
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