codification

denied to a people is not only an affront but the absurd claim that no one can systematize the laws — precisely the most pressing need of the day.

Recast in definition form from: “This is not only an affront, but also implies the absurdity that to no individual has been given the capacity to systematize the infinite multitude of existing laws, and expose the universal contained in them, when this task is precisely the most pressing need of the day.”

enlightenment

Hegel

Jeremy Bentham

legal system

custom

Napoleonic Code

Civil Rights Act

ObamaCare

Sherman Antitrust Act

obamacare

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codification