ABSTRACT
This chapter examines whether sanctuaries are just, and whether the agreement between nations for the exchange of offenders is useful or not. There must be no place inside the borders of a country that is independent of the laws. They must be able to follow every citizen, just as the shadow follows the body. Impunity and sanctuary do not differ much, and the impression of the punishment consists more in its certainty rather than its severity. Sanctuaries invite crimes rather than deter them. To expand sanctuaries is to create a great many little sovereignties, because where laws do not prevail, new laws can conflict with common laws, therefore engendering a spirit that opposes the very core of society. All of history tells us that great revolutions in states and in the opinions of men grow out of sanctuaries.
