فجميع القوانين أحكامٌ عامة أو قضايا صادرة عن المشرّع، وكذلك كل حكمٍ خاص قانونٌ لمن تُنظر قضيته.

“For all laws are general judgements, or sentences of the legislator; as also every particular judgement is a law to him whose case is judged.”Thomas Hobbes — Leviathan, Parts I and II (2005)