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<p>The class of Penal Laws is therefore<lb/> | |||
an anomalous class formed out of<lb/> | |||
the subjects of the three <add>or more according as the subject is divided</add> other classes<lb/> | |||
whose distinctive characteristic<lb/> | |||
is the extraordinary magnitude<lb/> | |||
of <sic>it's</sic> sanctions and the adjustment<lb/> | |||
of that sanction to the<lb/> | |||
end proposed by it is the distinctive<lb/> | |||
object of a treatise on this<lb/> | |||
<add>subject</add> subject.</p> | |||
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<p>what has been said perspicuous, I shall<lb/> | |||
produce instances of all three.</p> | |||
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<p><note>Praemial<!-- ligature --> Laws are Penal.</note> By 17. G. 2. c. 5. A special Penalty is actually <sic>appointd</sic><lb/> | |||
for not paying a reward (the persons <add>to</add> reward being of low condition)<lb/> | |||
viz. Overseers of the Poor — The consideration of the<lb/> | |||
reward is the apprehending Vagrants.</p> | |||
To know whether an act is to be called a Crime or no,<lb/> | |||
Lawyers have a method of their own which is curious.<lb/> | |||
It depends not <add>say they</add> according to them, upon the quantity nor the<lb/> | |||
quality of the mischief flowing from the act, but upon the manner<lb/> | |||
in which men happen to record it. I <del><gap/></del> <add><del><gap/><gap/><gap/></del></add> have <del>beat</del> a<lb/> | |||
<note>Whatsoever a man did a Month ago, depends upon what another man will do a Month hence.</note> My neighbour and I <del><gap/></del> says a man to his Lawyer <sic>happen'd</sic><lb/> | |||
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The class of Penal Laws is therefore
an anomalous class formed out of
the subjects of the three or more according as the subject is divided other classes
whose distinctive characteristic
is the extraordinary magnitude
of it's sanctions and the adjustment
of that sanction to the
end proposed by it is the distinctive
object of a treatise on this
subject subject.
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what has been said perspicuous, I shall
produce instances of all three.
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Praemial Laws are Penal. By 17. G. 2. c. 5. A special Penalty is actually appointd
for not paying a reward (the persons to reward being of low condition)
viz. Overseers of the Poor — The consideration of the
reward is the apprehending Vagrants.
To know whether an act is to be called a Crime or no,
Lawyers have a method of their own which is curious.
It depends not say they according to them, upon the quantity nor the
quality of the mischief flowing from the act, but upon the manner
in which men happen to record it. I have beat a
Whatsoever a man did a Month ago, depends upon what another man will do a Month hence. My neighbour and I says a man to his Lawyer happen'd
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legislation |
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introduct. criminal & civil all laws penal |
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praemial laws are penal |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::[gr with crown] propatria [britannia motif]]] |
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