Civil Laws
EXTRACT FROM SOME NOTES FOUND AMONG A LAWYER'S PAPERS, WHICH MAYBE MERIT EXAMINATION.
Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing, and a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson.
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Let all laws be clear, uniform and precise: to interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them.
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Let nothing be infamous save vice.
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Let taxes be always proportional.
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Let the law never be contradictory to custom: for if the custom be good, the law is worthless.
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