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Excerpt from Elements of Jurisprudence: Being the Substance of a Few Lectures Based on Austin's Principles of Jurisprudence, Delivered to the Law Class of the Punjab University College The object of every duty is an act or forbearance. When we do an act, or forbear from doing an act, the act or forbearance is the consequence of a desire in our mind. Our desires are regulated by motives. Now, what the sanction of law really does, is to furnish the party commanded with a motive, viz. The motive of avoiding an evil. But a man cannot be obliged or forced to desire or not to desire; that is to say, the existence of a motive to desire does not preclude the possibility of conflicting desires. The desire of avoiding an evil may master or control, but cannot extinguish a conflicting desire which urges man to a breach of duty. Hence it is no wonder, thatin spite of the most stringent sanctions, important duties and obligations are every day seen violated. But although the desire of avoiding a sanction can not directly extinguish a conflicting desire, it may do so gradually, or by association or habit. This depends(15) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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