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UNIV. COLL. LOND. BENTHAM MSS. 38 174

1822 June [...] Economy &c.

Ch Exposition matter S1 Law—its branchs

1.
Branches of the body
of the law, are
1. the operative,
2. the constitutive
Operative is composed
of the Penal ad Civil

2.
By constitutional
branch are determined
the powers and duties
of functionaries, and
the acts, events, and
states of things by which
they are located and
dislocated — made to
begin, and cease to be
so.

3.
By the whole together
is expressed the aggregate
of the will declared
by the supreme
operatives at the point
of time in question,
expressed by all anterior
do. included, except
in so far as the
contrary has been
declared.

Ch. Exposition matter
S.2. Government, Minds proper and [...]

4.
Sole right and proper
end of Government, greatest
happiness &c. of
all, so far as the happiness
of any one can be
inceased, without lessening
to a greater amot. d<hi rend="superscript">o.</hi> of any other or others
of the greatest number
so far as that is not the
case.

5.
Of happiness or say
good thus produced
the net amount will
be directly as do. produced
inversely as do.
destroyed, or say evil
produced.

6.
Included in the essence
of Government is evil.
Only by creating obligations
can Government
be carried on. To govern
is to do evil - to govern
well, is to do the least
evil that the greatest
good may come.

7.
A Government's goodness
is as the appropriate
aptitude of the its laws
and operations with
reference to that end.

8.
External circumstances
the same, this aptitude
will be as the aptitude of
the functionaries by whom
the laws have been made,
the operations performed.

9.
Taken by itself, all expence
is evil.

S.2. Government Minds

9 contind.
For remembrance and
standard of reference,
hence these aphorisms
1. Sole proper end of
Government, greatest
happiness &c.
2. Immediately subordinate
direct means,
functionary's appropriate
aptitude maximized,
do. collateral,
expence minimized.

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Date_1	1822-06-18	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-9
Box	038	Main Headings	constitutional code; economy as to office
Folio number	174	Info in main headings field	constitut. code economy &c
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