ABSTRACT

Arguments by which it is recommended. - Answer, - Law is, 1. Endless - Particularly in a free state. - Causes of this disadvantage. - 2. Uncertain - Instanced in questions of property. - Mode in which it must be studied. - 3. Pretends to foretel future events. Laws are a species of promises - Check the freedom of opinion - Are destructive of the principles of reason. - Dishonesty of lawyers. - An honest lawyer mischievous. Abolition of law vindicated on the score of wisdom - Of candour - From the nature of man. - Future history of political justice. - Errors that might arise in the commencement. - Its gradual progress. - Its effects on criminal law - On property.