Of course it is true that the public benefit, along with justice, is an objective of the law. And of course laws have value in and of themselves, even bad laws: the value, namely, of securing the law against uncertainty.


"Five Minutes of Legal Philosophy" (1945)


Of course it is true that the public benefit, along with justice, is an objective of the law. And of course laws have value in and of themselves,...

Of course it is true that the public benefit, along with justice, is an objective of the law. And of course laws have value in and of themselves,...

Of course it is true that the public benefit, along with justice, is an objective of the law. And of course laws have value in and of themselves,...

Of course it is true that the public benefit, along with justice, is an objective of the law. And of course laws have value in and of themselves,...