This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ... skies, all angel as she is, replenished with zeal, intelligence and mercy, her mission would fail, if she were inexorably yoked to our technicalities. When there is a sound moral feeling in respect to public litigation itself, it will be conclusively opposed to it: he who brings as well as he who sustains an action, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ... skies, all angel as she is, replenished with zeal, intelligence and mercy, her mission would fail, if she were inexorably yoked to our technicalities. When there is a sound moral feeling in respect to public litigation itself, it will be conclusively opposed to it: he who brings as well as he who sustains an action, will be equally blamed; for, prima facie, neither are good citizens. The true remedy can only be hinted at--but before quitting this subject I would make one simple practical suggestion, and leave the views of "free justice" to be stated towards the close of our discourse. Supposing the question to be, how is civil peace to be promoted between citizen and citizen? or how is law-war to be minimised? I would answer, if we must have some conventional arrangement for such law-war, let us derive a remedy from the Divine injunctions. Take a Christian maxim, and make, if you can, a law rule out of it. For instance, can the law of the duty of neighbours, "love thy neighbour as thyself," be so dealt with? It could be recognised as a rule or practice in questions between these neighbours, in some such way as this: --Compel the plaintiff to state the defendant's case, and compel the defendant to state the plaintiff's case as well as his own. Enjoin mutual statement, because it is founded on the cardinal maxim, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you: " and I cannot but think that the most litigious neighbours would settle their own disputes. If they will become gladiators, make them exchange weapons--or as the tragic is allied to the farcical, if they will embark in such a donkey-race, let them ride each others' asses. In the 25th volume of the Gentleman's Magazine there is a hint of another kind. 29th August, 1755...
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