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Odger's English Common Law

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SUBSTANTIVE LAW. 103<br />

Of the last three heads, it is right that we should deal first<br />

with crimes ; for this is the branch of law which most affects<br />

the nation as a whole. This, too, is the branch of law which<br />

it most behoves each citizen to know, lest he unwittingly<br />

commit a crime. This, moreover, is the branch of our law in<br />

which the State speaks in most imperative tone ; its edicts<br />

here are undoubtedly commands, enforced by the clearest<br />

sanction.<br />

We proceed, therefore, to discuss the essentials of a<br />

crime.

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