First Principles: Without Liberty, Law Becomes Oppression; Without Law Liberty Become Licentiousness

“Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.”  – James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1790

An excellent resource with respect to this work can be found here:

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch3s13.html

 

 

 

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