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Mosaic and Christian law adapted to differerent stages of 

 advancement. 



Evils resulting from the principle of punishment in criminal 

 law. 



Rights of society. Society a great individual and possessed, 

 as such, of no right but such as belong to the individual. 



Application of these principles to the question of the accounta- 

 bility of man to society. Duties of society to supposed 

 criminals. Pennsylvania penitentiary system adapted to 

 a more perfect state of society than are the systems of 

 other countries. Certain imperfections in it pointed out. 



Right of society over human life. Question of war. Capital 

 punishments in weak communities, and the military code. 



Finale. 



