Toute loi trop souvent transgressee est mauvaise: c'est au legislateur a l'abroger ou a la changer.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A law that is frequently broken is flawed and should be repealed or changed by the legislature.
- In plain terms
- If people keep breaking a law, it is likely a bad law that needs fixing.
- What can you take from it?
- Legislators should revise laws that are consistently ignored or violated.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does frequent violation indicate a law should change?
Another view
Sometimes bad behavior stems from ignorance rather than poor law design.
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