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The knowledge that men have of the Law
depends upon the measures that shall be taken: first for conveying
it to their [organs, their] ears or
eyes: 2 for lifting it to their conceptions.
The latter is effected by the intrinsic arrangement
of the Laws themselves: the
former by a set of extrinsic provisions measures
to be taken expedients to be put in practice made for the dispensing them.

Do men possess the Laws to this degree? that is
necessary for] no - they do not - why then
do they not? what hinders them?
Do men possess the Laws in that degree not
as necessary;with respect to the State and to themselves: on the public account & on their own? for to the State's having that is necessary ofall the
benefit good of their obedience, as far as the that are presented for their obedience are calculated to
and to their ensure it: to themselves, so as to exempt them
from the as from the of it's execution.

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Means, might I suppose be found, of
doubling the sum of the obedience that is
now found to the Laws: and this without adding by that
to the expences that is to the quantity
of motives to obedience observance: the quantity of rewards &
punishments: and by that means of
the natural felicity that results from
it.

The way to double the sum of the obedience that is
paid to the Laws, is to double the knowledge
that men have of them. This is
what may, I suppose, be done.

The effect of a body of Laws is to be calculated,
not from the quantity of what is
extant but from the quantitiy of what
is known.

The ignorance of the functional parts of
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a body number of Laws, destroys disappoints the effect of a
proportion among their punishments; because
if a man does not know what is the punishment
for any crime offence, he does not know how
much the punishment for that offence, exceeds
or falls short of those of another.
In respect of many offences, in the chief part both
in number and importance of those that disturb
society, this degree of ignorance is all
that they men can lie under - and under this
in a great degree they do lie.

Identifier: | JB/070/119/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 70.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	070	Main Headings	of laws in general
Folio number	119	Info in main headings field	promulg. & composition - effect as the notoriety
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	23234
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