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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2"


'7. Laws have for their object the general administration of the
kingdom, the property, and the actions of the citizens. The execution of
the laws which concern the general administration, requires Provincial
and Municipal Assemblies. It is necessary to examine, therefore, what
should be the organization of the Provincial Assemblies, and what of the
Municipal.
'8. The execution of the laws, which concern the property and actions of
the citizens, calls for a judiciary power. It should be determined how
that should be confided, and then its duties and limits.
'9. For the execution of the laws and the defence of the kingdom,
there exists a public force. It is necessary, then, to determine the
principles which should direct it, and how it should be employed.
'Recapitulation.
'Declaration of the rights of man. Principles of the monarchy. Rights of
the nation. Rights of the King. Rights of the citizens.
'Organization and rights of the National Assembly. Forms necessary for
the enaction of laws. Organization and functions of the Provincial
and Municipal Assemblies.


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