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Utilitarianism-any person is governed by two masters, that is, pain and pleasure. Every law should be spread by the sovereign in such a way that it diminishes the pain and maximizes the pleasure of the people who would be governed by that particular law. Law should be made by keeping in mind this theory of utility.
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the measure of right and wrong. His examples are those of the Catholic minority in Great Britain and the Protestant
Expositorial jurisprudence and censorial jurisprudence
Functions of law- subsistence, abundance, equality and security
law is to be viewed from - source, subject, extent, aspect, force and remedy
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