ON CIVIL POLICY, 18 OR THE SCIENCE OF LEGISLATION; COMPRISING THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF GOVERNMENT, RELIGION, LAWS, POPULATION, WEALTH, AND HAPPINESS. WITH A REVIEW OF THE PRACTICE OF THE ENGLISH LAW, AND HINTS FOR ITS IMPROVEMENT. BY CHARLES PUTT, OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ. "The vices and virtues of a state are the effects of its legislation." LONDON: WILLIAM PICKERING. Helvetius. 10 Sect. I. Of the Oath of Secrecy by the Privy Council. |