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He liked, as I have noticed, general histories, such as Gibbon's, which give a bird's-eye view of long periods and, in a sense, codify a great mass of knowledge. But he had not the imaginative power of reconstructing ancient states of society with all their picturesque incidents which was first exemplified by Scott.
'Codify' was one of Bentham's successful neologisms. Works, iii. 286; viii. 119. Ibid. Ibid. viii, 197 n. Ibid. viii. 263. Ibid. viii. 198. Ibid. viii. 199. Ibid. viii. 206, 247. Helvétius adds to this that the only real pains and pleasures are the physical, but Bentham does not follow him here. See Helvétius, OEuvres , ii. 121, etc. Ibid. i. 206. Our path is now clear.
The criminal law of the United States had scarcely been touched since the days of the first Congress, and was very defective and unsatisfactory. Mr. Webster's first task, in which he received most essential and valuable though unacknowledged assistance from Judge Story, was to codify and digest the whole body of criminal law.
Simplify the Land Laws and make transfer easier and less costly. Amend the law relating to marriage, and also on some points affecting personal status and devolution of property on death. Consolidate the Statute Law and amend and codify the Criminal Law. Carry out the amendment of the Patent Law.
The burgesses had developed their constitutional positions during the 1750's in response to a series of minor, isolated events royal disallowance, the Pistole Fee Controversy, and the Two-Penny Act. After trying for years to codify and reform laws long in use, the General Assembly in 1748 completed a general revision of the laws.
However much we may codify the law into a series of seemingly self-sufficient propositions, those propositions will be but a phase in a continuous growth. To understand their scope fully, to know how they will be dealt with by judges trained in the past which the law embodies, we must ourselves know something of that past.
At an early day my attention was directed to the disordered condition of the mint service, which was then, as it ever had been, without a responsible head. The proceedings at the mints were unsystematic, and I resolved upon an attempt to codify the laws and to place the administration in the hands of a recognized, responsible officer.
"Duty accomplished toward whom?" interrupted Saniel. "Toward one's self." "Then begin by stating what are our duties, and codify what is good and what is bad." "That is easy," some one replied. "Easy if you admit a certain innate regard for human life, for property, and for the family. But you must acknowledge that not all men have this regard.
That sanctified bookworm was the first to codify the laws, customs, habits, and idiosyncrasies of literary men. He was the Justinian of the life of genius. He wandered in abstraction through the deserted alcoves of libraries, studying and creating the political economy of thought.
The library movement has grown with such startling rapidity that it has not been possible to codify the best methods of library work, but there has been an earnest endeavor to establish a body of library pedagogy by careful experimentation. Unfortunately during this experimental stage methods have been introduced which do not produce direct library results.
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