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<p><note>To be copied</note> is thrown upon the Subject: and the Definition | |||
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will amount to this, <del>that</del> "municipal | |||
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"law is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by | |||
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"him who prescribes it, commanding what it | |||
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"commands, and prohibiting what it prohibits."<lb/></p> | |||
<p>[Right, and wrong are relative terms, and | |||
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signify <sic>meerly</sic> the agreement, or disagreement | |||
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of a thing with some given rule. Our Author | |||
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therefore would have spoken more intelligibly, | |||
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had he laid down the rule itself, and — | |||
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instead of "<del>w</del>right or wrong", had used the terms, | |||
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"useful, or hurtful to the Community:" for | |||
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the End of all Legislation is, or ought to be, to <add>promote</add><lb/></p> | |||
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To be copied is thrown upon the Subject: and the Definition
will amount to this, that "municipal
"law is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by
"him who prescribes it, commanding what it
"commands, and prohibiting what it prohibits."
[Right, and wrong are relative terms, and
signify meerly the agreement, or disagreement
of a thing with some given rule. Our Author
therefore would have spoken more intelligibly,
had he laid down the rule itself, and —
instead of "wright or wrong", had used the terms,
"useful, or hurtful to the Community:" for
the End of all Legislation is, or ought to be, to promote
108
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comment on the commentaries |
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collectanea |
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recto |
c108 / c109 / c110 / c111 |
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168 |
[[watermarks::gr [quartered royal arms motif]]] |
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[[notes_public::"to be copied" [note not in bentham's hand]]] |
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