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First Principles: Law Is Defined To Be A Rule of Action; But How Can That Be A Rule, Which Is Little Known, and Less Fixed

“Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: Law Is Defined To Be A Rule of Action; But How Can That Be A Rule, Which Is Little-Known, and Less Fixed?

“Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: Laws Should Be Few; Fixed and Easy To Understand

“It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws … undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess … Continue reading

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