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THE LAW.
"The history of law is the history of civilization, and law itself is only the blessed tie that binds human society together. ... Our long armed and hairy ancestors had no idea of redress beyond vengeance, or of justice beyond mere individual reprisal. ...
The law, like everything we do and like everything we say, is a heritage from the past."1
______________________________________________TABLE OF CONTENTS.
THE LAW AND CIVILIZATION: THE AGE OF REASON:
LOCKE: DEFINITION OF LAW:
NATURAL LAW: HOBBES:
RULE OF LAW: CONCLUSIONS.
FOOTNOTES.

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The Law and Civilization:-
To state it in its extremes: Law is a cobweb,2 entangling the weak, the sport of the strong; however, those in the law, most, take the view of the author of our lead quote -- Law is the very substance of civilization.3 Implicit, in Judge Gest's comment about our "long armed and hairy ancestors" is the Hobbsian concept that man, in his natural state, is a vile beast that needs to be......

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