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<p><!-- pencil --><head>Judicial Estab.<lb/> | |||
Judges – Number</head></p> | |||
<p>5. Numbers, by <del>can</del> skreening non-attendance<lb/> | |||
enable men to <del>foll</del> <add>practice</add> be guilty of partiality without<lb/> | |||
risk. In an indefensible cause, non-attendance<lb/> | |||
is half a vote.</p> | |||
<p>Numbers by skreening non-attendance afford<lb/> | |||
a sure receipt for practising the grossest partiality,<lb/> | |||
<del>and</del> <add>yet</add> at the same time eluding the grasp<lb/> | |||
of public censure altogether. In an indefensible<lb/> | |||
cause non-attendance is half a vote. A majority<lb/> | |||
it is true, cannot carry a cause by<lb/> | |||
Non-attendance. Non-attendance alone, it is true<lb/> | |||
will not carry a cause. But some men have<lb/> | |||
a degree of <del>resolution</del> firmness in iniquity which<lb/> | |||
others want. A cause too may appear defensible<lb/> | |||
and even just to one man, while to another it<lb/> | |||
shall appear not more unjust than indefensible.<lb/> | |||
Besides that a man who could find <add>has found</add> something<lb/> | |||
to say either way may have fixed himself one<lb/> | |||
way by <del>having given</del> a <del>decided</del> <add>strong</add> opinion given<lb/> | |||
on the same point in <del>anoth</del> a former cause.</p> | |||
<p>Numbers then, by skreening non-attendance<lb/> | |||
enable a man in spite of public opinion to give<lb/> | |||
the effect of half a vote to the most odious cause.<lb/> | |||
<del>A single Judge</del> This door to corruption is shut against<lb/> | |||
a single Judge finds this door to corruption shut against<lb/> | |||
him. He must either give a whole vote or none at all.</p> | |||
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Judicial Estab.
Judges – Number
5. Numbers, by can skreening non-attendance
enable men to foll practice be guilty of partiality without
risk. In an indefensible cause, non-attendance
is half a vote.
Numbers by skreening non-attendance afford
a sure receipt for practising the grossest partiality,
and yet at the same time eluding the grasp
of public censure altogether. In an indefensible
cause non-attendance is half a vote. A majority
it is true, cannot carry a cause by
Non-attendance. Non-attendance alone, it is true
will not carry a cause. But some men have
a degree of resolution firmness in iniquity which
others want. A cause too may appear defensible
and even just to one man, while to another it
shall appear not more unjust than indefensible.
Besides that a man who could find has found something
to say either way may have fixed himself one
way by having given a decided strong opinion given
on the same point in anoth a former cause.
Numbers then, by skreening non-attendance
enable a man in spite of public opinion to give
the effect of half a vote to the most odious cause.
A single Judge This door to corruption is shut against
a single Judge finds this door to corruption shut against
him. He must either give a whole vote or none at all.
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evidence; procedure code |
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381 |
judicial estab. judges number |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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16546 |
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