Author : Gaetano Filangieri
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230446707
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (467 download)
Book Synopsis The Science of Legislation; from the Italian of Gaetano Filangieri ... Volume 1 by : Gaetano Filangieri
Download or read book The Science of Legislation; from the Italian of Gaetano Filangieri ... Volume 1 written by Gaetano Filangieri and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1806 edition. Excerpt: ... made apparent from the Roman legislation, and we shall meet with many other instances in that of more modern governments. One distinction is however very necessary to be made. Sometimes these revolutions arise from a defect, merely of a part, at others the whole is faulty. In the first case, the venerable fabric of antiquity may be preserved in full strength and beauty, with a few trifling alterations; in the second, an entire new structure must be raised from the ground. The former of these enterprises may not be a work of much difficulty, obstacles almost innumerable obstruct the latter. CHAP. VII. Of THE OBSTACLES IN A CHANGE OF THE LEGISLATION OF A PEOPLE, AND THE MEANS OF SURMOUNT- ING THEM. If the legislature persuade at the time it acts-- if the public inclination be attended to in the formation of laws--if their spirit be inseparable from that convi Kon of the public mind which produces a regular, voluntary and cheerful obedience--if the alterations which may be necessary, seem to be even inspired by the public voice, and to meet the general wish--if to a r. without any regard to the public inclinations, and without collecting the majority of the public sentiments, be an error which alienates the hearts, and influences the passions of the community; which makes it suspicious of every thing, and averse to the most beneficial propositions--if, in a few words, a change of the legislation of a country be a work of peculiar difficulty, from the suspicions of ignorant, the clamours of interested individuals, which are often so obstreperous as to overpower any effort for the public good, and from the blind veneration of the lower classes of the people for every thing with the marks of antiquity, and their repugnance to every...
