Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui Quotes
Law is a rule prescribed, because a simple resolution, confined within the sovereign's mind, without manifesting itself by some external sign, can never be a law. It is requisite, that this will be notified in a proper manner to the subjects; so that they be acquainted with what the sovereign requires of them, and with the necessity of squaring thereby their conduct. But in what manner this notification is to be made, whether viva voce, by writing, or otherwise, is a matter of mere indifference. Sufficient it is, that the subjects be properly instructed concerning the will of the legislator.
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, 1694–1750, Swiss Counsel of State & Political Philosopher, The Principles of Natural Law, Chapter VIII, 1748
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First Published American Indian Author. His last public speech.
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This is the earliest surviving attempt of the Romans to formulate a legal code.
Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui was a Genevan legal and political theorist who popularised a number of ideas propounded by other thinkers.
