Browsing by Subject "Codifying law"
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Essay on the simplification effected by the codes of law prepared and adopted for British India, and the desirability of framing similar codes for England, Ireland, and Scotland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1876)The formation of codes, or of consolidated statutes relating to portions of Indian law, has taken place within the last few years. The greater portion of this work was carried out in the year 1872. The first statute on ... -
On the practicability of codifying English law, with a specimen code of the law of evidence
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1872)There is a very natural desire on the part of the public to have our laws simplified and condensed. It is a legal maxim that everyone is supposed to know the law, and every person is visited with the consequences of his ...