Things that Cannot be Done by Charles Dickens. Short summary

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The author analyzes the workings of British law enforcement at the time. The local justice system delights him because of the inevitable punishment that would be meted out for committing a crime.

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Dickens takes a critical look at the functioning of the United Kingdom law enforcement system of the time.

He admires the work of justice officials in Foggy Albion because of the fact that it was based on the principle of inevitability of punishment. The writer calls such work infallible, comprehensive, simple, and alien to barbaric vestiges. The creator is pleased that the law is unable to protect the criminal, and the scope of its distribution is constantly increasing.

The author writes that he is surprised in a good way how the law protects public servants. According to Dickens, the punishment for any violation of the law in the form of a fine represents an enlightened, wise and just measure. But the artist is even more pleased with the liberal component of the legislation of Great Britain — if, for example, a person caused bodily harm to a police officer, he was sentenced only to forced labor for up to 3 months.