“ The French codes are often difficult of comprehension, but they can be read by every one; nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents. ”
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835). copy citation
Author | Alexis de Tocqueville |
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Source | Democracy in America |
Topic | law legislation code comprehension |
Date | 1835 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Henry Reeve |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/815/815-h/815-h.htm |