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The Marriage of an Opinion and a Vehicle

Module by: John Bosco. E-mail the author
The process of making a law takes place in two stages:

  1. Formation and
  2. Externalization
Formation creates opinions.
Externalization creates vehicles.
There is a one to one relationship between an opinion and a vehicle. It is a mistake to divorce one stage from the other. None of the twelve (12) vehicles of the Externalization stage can be well understood without reference to their corresponding twelve (12) opinions of the Formation stage.
Here are the twelve (12) vehicles defined according to the twelve (12)opinion they represent: [Note: the (A1), (A2), (A3), (B1), (B2), and (B3) notations are reference to the corresponding cell of the Periodic Table of the Elements of a Law ]

Regulation of Affirmative Conduct

  • a command for affirmative conduct: a Lawmaker wants to turn on the flow of conduct from Source to Recipient in circumstances. Present are push and pull.(A1)
  • a duty to do affirmative conduct: a Lawmaker wants a Source to do affirmative conduct. Present is push. (A2).
  • a right to receive affirmative conduct: a Lawmaker wants a Recipient to receive affirmative conduct. Present is pull. (A3).

Deregulation of Affirmative Conduct

  • a permission for affirmative conduct: A Lawmaker lacks a desire that the flow of conduct be turned on. Absent is push and pull. (B1).
  • a privilege (a no-duty) to do affirmative conduct: a Lawmaker lacks a desire that a Source do affirmative conduct. Absent is push. (B2).
  • a no-right to receive affirmative conduct: a Lawmaker lacks a desire that a Recipient receive affirmative conduct. Absent is pull. (B3).

Regulation of Negative Conduct

  • a command for negative conduct: a Lawmaker wants to turn off the flow of conduct from Source to Recipient in circumstances. Present is push and pull. (A1).
  • a duty to do negative conduct: a Lawmaker wants a Source to do negative conduct. Present is push. (A2).
  • a right to receive negative conduct: a Lawmaker wants a Recipient to receive negative conduct. Present is pull. (A3).

The Deregulation of Negative Conduct

  • a permission for negative conduct: A Lawmaker lacks a desire that the flow of conduct be turned off. Absent is push and pull. (B1).
  • a privilege (a no-duty) to do negative conduct: a Lawmaker lacks a desire that a Source do negative conduct. Absent is push. (B2).
  • a no-right to receive negative conduct: a Lawmaker lacks a desire that a Recipient receive negative conduct. Absent is pull. (B3).
The definition of a vehicle is its opinion. This is so important that it bears repeating. The definition of a vehicle is its opinion.

John Bosco
Project Director
The Legal Literacy Project

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