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Article 5

Judicial Duty
Titre I: De la Publication, des Effets et de l'Application des Lois en général (On the Publication, Effects, and Application of Laws in General)

Il est défendu aux juges de commenter la loi ; et ils sont toujours tenus de juger textuellement.

Life lesson: The judge is the mouth of the law, not its author. When those who apply the law begin to rewrite it, justice becomes opinion.
Notes: Strict textualism — a direct constraint on judicial interpretation. Reflects the Enlightenment principle that legislative power belongs solely to the sovereign/legislature, not the judiciary. More restrictive than the French model.
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