num_pages: 72
description: If the power of interpreting laws be an evil, obscurity in them must be another, as the former is the consequence of the latter. This evil will be still greater if the laws be written in a language unknown to the people; who, being ignorant of the consequences of their own actions, become necessarily dependent on a few, who are interpreters of the laws, which, instead of being public and general, are thus rendered private and particular.
language: English
title: Of Crimes And Punishments
titlecomplete: Of Crimes And Punishments
genres: Read For School, Law, Politics, Philosophy, Crime, Italian Literature, Italy, Classics, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 2156
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: John Florio Prize
category: Jane Grigson & Kenelm Foster
publisher: Kessinger Publishing