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9781419137761
If the power of interpreting laws be an evil, obscurity in them must be another, as the former is the consequence of the latter. This evil will be still greater if the laws be written in a language unknown to the people; who, being ignorant of the consequences of their own actions, become necessarily dependent on a few, who are interpreters of the laws, which, instead of being public and general, are thus rendered private and particular.Cesare Bonesana, Marchese Beccaria is the author of 'Of Crimes And Punishments', published 2004 under ISBN 9781419137761 and ISBN 141913776X.
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