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<p>9 Sept. 1810 Looked over<lb/> | |||
Written Aº 177-? Marginal - contented Aº 1809<lb/> | |||
<head>Offences against Reputation. Miscellanea</head></p> | |||
<p>English Law.</p> | |||
<p>1<lb/> | |||
French Law is best adapted<lb/> | |||
to offences against<lb/> | |||
reputation &<lb/> | |||
fertile in expedients for<lb/> | |||
reparation. p.19</p> | |||
<p>2.<lb/> | |||
English very ill.<lb/> | |||
Old English lawyers insensible<lb/> | |||
to the pain of<lb/> | |||
ill-repute – sensibly<lb/> | |||
only to,<lb/> | |||
1. bodily pain.<lb/> | |||
2. pecuniary Loss.<lb/> | |||
3. loss of physical liberty.<lb/> | |||
No wonder they cared not<lb/> | |||
about healing sufferings<lb/> | |||
with which they could not<lb/> | |||
sympathize. p.19.</p> | |||
<p>3.<lb/> | |||
Modern Lawyers bound<lb/> | |||
by precedents can not<lb/> | |||
well repair in this<lb/> | |||
case the defects of their<lb/> | |||
predecessors. 20</p> | |||
<p>4<lb/> | |||
Offences <del>for</del> against<lb/> | |||
reputation for which<lb/> | |||
English Law provides no<lb/> | |||
or no adequate, remedy –<lb/> | |||
1. Vituperation, none.<lb/> | |||
2. Defamation the<lb/> | |||
description too narrow<lb/> | |||
3. Personal insult none<lb/> | |||
except for the <add>simply</add> <hi rend="underline">corporal</hi><lb/> | |||
injury, if any.<lb/> | |||
4. Inflicting menacement,<lb/> | |||
none.<lb/> | |||
<del>9</del> 5. Punishment throughout<lb/> | |||
unanalogous. p.22.</p> | |||
<p>5<lb/> | |||
English Law its incongruities.<lb/> | |||
1. Prosecution civil, proof<lb/> | |||
of truth is permitted, <del><gap/></del><lb/> | |||
2. Criminal not: –<lb/> | |||
3. Except that to ground <del>the</del> <add>an</add><lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">Information</hi>, affidavit of<lb/> | |||
falshood is necessary.<lb/> | |||
4. unless <hi rend="underline">ex officio</hi>. p.23.</p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<p>6.<lb/> | |||
However as far as concerns<lb/> | |||
pecuniary punishment<lb/> | |||
the consequence of civil<lb/> | |||
prosecution is the severest.<lb/> | |||
Damages are<lb/> | |||
commonly more copious<lb/> | |||
than fine and the benefit<lb/> | |||
accruing to the adversary,<lb/> | |||
and pain of the<lb/> | |||
irascible appetite is thus<lb/> | |||
added to the concupiscible. p.23</p> | |||
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9 Sept. 1810 Looked over
Written Aº 177-? Marginal - contented Aº 1809
Offences against Reputation. Miscellanea
English Law.
1
French Law is best adapted
to offences against
reputation &
fertile in expedients for
reparation. p.19
2.
English very ill.
Old English lawyers insensible
to the pain of
ill-repute – sensibly
only to,
1. bodily pain.
2. pecuniary Loss.
3. loss of physical liberty.
No wonder they cared not
about healing sufferings
with which they could not
sympathize. p.19.
3.
Modern Lawyers bound
by precedents can not
well repair in this
case the defects of their
predecessors. 20
4
Offences for against
reputation for which
English Law provides no
or no adequate, remedy –
1. Vituperation, none.
2. Defamation the
description too narrow
3. Personal insult none
except for the simply corporal
injury, if any.
4. Inflicting menacement,
none.
9 5. Punishment throughout
unanalogous. p.22.
5
English Law its incongruities.
1. Prosecution civil, proof
of truth is permitted,
2. Criminal not: –
3. Except that to ground the an
Information, affidavit of
falshood is necessary.
4. unless ex officio. p.23.
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6.
However as far as concerns
pecuniary punishment
the consequence of civil
prosecution is the severest.
Damages are
commonly more copious
than fine and the benefit
accruing to the adversary,
and pain of the
irascible appetite is thus
added to the concupiscible. p.23
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Offences against Reputation Miscellanea |
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English Law |
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