The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c10.s3.t5.3

c10.s3.t5.3

These the people were persuaded by commissioners, magistrates and judicial officers to respect and observe. But the main body of Asoka's time to time messages was not treated as the "commands of a sovereign", the violation of which would be cognizable offence to be tried and punished by the courts of justice. All the same, a minute analysis brings out the fact that some real legislation or lawmaking is to be found in the midst of these thirty pronouncements of various sizes.