Nothing should be rashly changed.

Explanation

The law favors stability — innovation without necessity risks destroying the settled expectations upon which the People have ordered their lives.

Where this applies

• A legal system undergoes constant radical changes that destabilize public expectations.
• Frequent changes to the law make it impossible for people to know their rights.

See also

• 1.3.1 Custom is the best interpreter of the law.
• 1.7.36 The voice of legislators is a living voice, to impose laws on things, not on words.