QUESTION 92

OF THE EFFECTS OF LAW

(In Two articles)

We must now consider the effects of law; under which head there are

two points of inquiry:

(1) Whether an effect of law is to make men good?

(2) Whether the effects of law are to command, to forbid, to permit,

and to punish, as the Jurist states?

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