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<head>LAW & COMMON STATUTE —Decisions all particular. No General Rule <hi rend="underline">exists</hi></head> | <head>LAW & COMMON STATUTE —Decisions all particular. No General Rule <hi rend="underline">exists</hi></head> | ||
<p>In a word to borrow an illustration from Natural<lb/> Philosophy [a material image]. A Decision<lb/> founded on a Statute is a ray of light | <p>In a word to borrow an illustration from Natural<lb/> Philosophy [a material image]. A Decision<lb/> founded on a Statute is a ray of light issuing<lb/> from the Statute as <sic>it's</sic> <add>true</add> Radiant. A Decision<lb/> founded upon Common Law is a ray issuing<lb/> an imaginary <add><gap/></add> rule, which <add>we may term</add> its false Radiant.</p> | ||
<note>The effect of it<lb/> | <note>The effect of it<lb/> | ||
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<del>as a consequence</del>.</note> | <del>as a consequence</del>.</note> | ||
<p>A decision grounded upon a | <p>A decision grounded upon a Statute always declaims that the fact in question is <del>a genus</del> <add>an individual</add><lb/> | ||
of that <del>genus</del> <add>species</add> of facts<add>+</add> on which <add>as a species of offence species of punishment</add> the penalty<lb/> | |||
of the Statute<lb/> (supposing it to be one of a particular kind)</p> | of the Statute<lb/> (supposing it to be one of a particular kind)</p> | ||
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rule exists. It is a <add>fiction</add> figment of the imagination<lb/> | rule exists. It is a <add>fiction</add> figment of the imagination<lb/> | ||
The decision is "<hi rend="underline">quasi</hi>" from such<lb/> | The decision is "<hi rend="underline">quasi</hi>" from such<lb/> | ||
a rule—<del>A rule is supposed which is a <add>No such <gap/> for the purpose</ | a rule—<del>A rule is supposed which is a <add>No such <gap/> for the purpose</add></del><lb/> | ||
No such rule can exist because there is no<lb/> | No such rule can exist because there is no<lb/> | ||
specific idea<lb/> | specific idea<lb/> | ||
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ear to the eye by &</p> | ear to the eye by &</p> | ||
<p>+ For <add>a decision upon</add> Custom stands<lb/> | <p><add>+</add> For <add>a decision upon</add> Custom stands<lb/> | ||
<add>perhaps</add> upon another footing<lb/> | <add>perhaps</add> upon another footing<lb/> | ||
and decisions upon<lb/> | and decisions upon<lb/> | ||
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another</del> as Treatise which<lb/> | another</del> as Treatise which<lb/> | ||
are <gap/> evidence of<lb/> | are <gap/> evidence of<lb/> | ||
lost decisions, | lost decisions, unlitigated<lb/> | ||
practise &c <add>again</add> upon<lb/> | practise &c <add>again</add> upon<lb/> | ||
another.</p> | another.</p> | ||
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LAW & COMMON STATUTE —Decisions all particular. No General Rule exists
In a word to borrow an illustration from Natural
Philosophy [a material image]. A Decision
founded on a Statute is a ray of light issuing
from the Statute as it's true Radiant. A Decision
founded upon Common Law is a ray issuing
an imaginary rule, which we may term its false Radiant.
The effect of it
is always to declare
+ mentioned in the directory part
+ had been praedicated
therein as about
to be made consequent attendant
in every individual
future instance
(pardon & so forth excepted)
as a consequence.
A decision grounded upon a Statute always declaims that the fact in question is a genus an individual
of that genus species of facts+ on which as a species of offence species of punishment the penalty
of the Statute
(supposing it to be one of a particular kind)
The specific rule therefore
([or rather the generic, to speak with more perspicuity
tho' less precision]) that is the preposition
predicating these two specific ideas of offence & punishment one
as consequent upon the other exists: it
has been formed by the proper authority, clothed
in certain language, and that language
fixed by certain permanent material marks, the
letters upon a like permanent material substraturm, the
paper—in a word it is a written Law.
When the decision is grounded upon the Common
Law that is upon prior decisions,+ no such
rule exists. It is a fiction figment of the imagination
The decision is "quasi" from such
a rule—A rule is supposed which is a No such for the purpose
No such rule can exist because there is no
specific idea
comprized in [the terms of] the
decision. Every decision is particular,
upon the particular fact which called
for it—The numerical rule, is a rule which
is supposed, a mere figment of the imagination raised
by abstraction, on the one hand from the a
particular fact on the other from a particular
punishment connected with it, in the manner
we have mentioned.
and of that language
the object of
the impact of raising
making expression has been made permanent
& the object of
charged from the
ear to the eye by &
+ For a decision upon Custom stands
perhaps upon another footing
and decisions upon
other authorities upon
another as Treatise which
are evidence of
lost decisions, unlitigated
practise &c again upon
another.
Law Common X
Statute
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