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1821 Decr. 15

Codification Proposal

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Appendix

Lawyers interest

As to these same points, What the Lawyer's particular and sinister interest requires is © that to the greatest possible [...?] of its extent that as between reality and unreality the field of law should have no covering composed of real law but should remain as in the most barbarous countries and times covered with no other covering than an imaginary, fictitious counterfeit, spurious inconsistant and ever changing assemblage of ideas to which the name of law is improperly /[...?]/ and fraudulently applied: ideas to /of/ which no determinate assemblage of signs can /are to/ be assigned.

That as to the proportions belonging to such real law as is in existence, instead of being as clear, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and compact or orderly and as well adapted to promulgation as possible, it /the expression given to it/ be throughout as obscure, ambiguous, incorrect /inadequate/ /inapposite/, abundant in superfluities /superfluous matter/, contradictions and inconsistencies, and as ill adapted to needful and effective promulgation, as possibleÁÁ