JB/159/072/001

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Taxation. Between taxation and punishment
the punishment being of relation is of this sort.
To enter into comparison with taxation the punishment
must be supposed to be of the pecuniary kind.
In this case On this supposition, sum for sum, suppsing the quan
quantity of money in question the same in both
cases instances, the act of viz. of the man in power
is the same in both cases consisting in the both
cases in the compe applying of compulsion to
extract out of the pocket in question a sum to that
amount is the same in both cases. In the
end in view consists the difference, in the two cases it is exactly opposite. In the case of
taxation, the end in view consists in the obtainment
of the sum is the end in view: in the case of punishment
it is the prevention of the obnoxious and
whatsoever it be to the commission of which the
exaction of obligation to pay the money is attached in the quality character of
a punishment. In the case of taxation, the wish
of the legislator is that the money may be paid, and
consequently, if it be to the performance exercise of a certain
act that the obligation of paying the money is
annexed, his wish is moreover accordingly that the that act be
exercised.

Identifier: | JB/159/072/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.
Date_1	1811-03	Marginal Summary Numbering	73 or 1
Box	159	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	072	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / d36 / e36
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	53895
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