Caste law becomes doubly iniquitous by being fixed forever across changing conditions

Evidence

But the worst evil of this code of ordinances is that the laws it contains must be the same yesterday, today and forever. They are iniquitous in that they are not the same for one class as for another. But this iniquity is made perpetual in that they are prescribed to be the same for all generations. The objectionable part of such a scheme is not that they are made by certain persons called prophets or law-givers. The objectionable part is that this code has been invested with the character of finality and fixity. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 997

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• XREF: The fixity argument parallels the discussion of eternal and immutable law limiting change; contrasts with the mutability of positive law. — connects to: Codified law ages while human circumstances change continuously — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 4655