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tatio no less % the pToiesson whateser the satir


ist may say1 than to the public II runs in pro-
verb: Miserable the land where the law is va que
and uncertain! r The uncertainty of the Law is
the certainty Of injustice The object oflaw is to
give men a certain rule of civil conduct In pro-
portion tn the uncertainty of the rule is the bounty
offered for its infringement, whilst the tranquility
of society, the sancty of contracts, respect for
rights in property, are all impaired. Independ-
ent Of the positive wrong which is the direct re-
suh of each wrong decision, another evil more
extensive, if less apparent, is the fostering in the
public of feeling that the law is inadequate to
give sufficient redress, and a disposition 10 take
satisfaction in their own hands or TO submit suIen
ly and with ernbittered passions to felt injury
rather than encounter the risk of total ruin by
seeking indemnify. How this feeling may ranke
and spread its venom over noble breast is illus
trated in a little tale, Michael Kohlhaas, lately
published from the German. Where there is no
confidence in the certainty Of the law fesv coD-
tracts (except for sum certain) will be made,
whilst in more fortunate societies their number is
considered an index of the social prosperity.