The Evolution of Modern LibertyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1904 - 284 من الصفحات |
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... chief representatives are Bentham and Austin . These jurists returned to the system of Hobbes , maintaining that sovereignty is unlimited , and bringing the theory of natural rights into discredit . Until quite recently Austin's views ...
... chief representatives are Bentham and Austin . These jurists returned to the system of Hobbes , maintaining that sovereignty is unlimited , and bringing the theory of natural rights into discredit . Until quite recently Austin's views ...
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... chief reasons for the excellence of Roman Law.1 " The his- torical significance of Roman Law consists above all in the fact that it developed the abstract conception of subjective law , that is , of the general and equal right of the ...
... chief reasons for the excellence of Roman Law.1 " The his- torical significance of Roman Law consists above all in the fact that it developed the abstract conception of subjective law , that is , of the general and equal right of the ...
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... chief instinct of all living crea- tures , the Law of Nature impelling them to ward off that which is injurious and seek that which is bene- ficial . The Stoics likewise taught that all men are equal and brethren , being citizens of the ...
... chief instinct of all living crea- tures , the Law of Nature impelling them to ward off that which is injurious and seek that which is bene- ficial . The Stoics likewise taught that all men are equal and brethren , being citizens of the ...
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... chief hindrance to the growth and develop- ment of individual liberty in the ancient world . Unfor- tunately , Natural Law was still in too rudimentary a stage to be of much influence upon the genesis of private rights . It had not yet ...
... chief hindrance to the growth and develop- ment of individual liberty in the ancient world . Unfor- tunately , Natural Law was still in too rudimentary a stage to be of much influence upon the genesis of private rights . It had not yet ...
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... chief works on Canon Law through- out the Middle Ages , begins with a consideration of Natural Law . It declares divine law to rest upon human nature , while human laws rest upon custom . " Natural Right is common to all nations because ...
... chief works on Canon Law through- out the Middle Ages , begins with a consideration of Natural Law . It declares divine law to rest upon human nature , while human laws rest upon custom . " Natural Right is common to all nations because ...
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الصفحة 188 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
الصفحة 243 - Society is, indeed, a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure; but the State ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties.
الصفحة 180 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
الصفحة 157 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
الصفحة 168 - In no country, perhaps, in the world is the law so general a study. The profession itself is numerous and powerful ; and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to the congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science.
الصفحة 137 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
الصفحة 189 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of indi[viduals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people cove'nants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
الصفحة 244 - By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces and put him into the kettle of magicians in hopes that by their poisonous weeds and wild incantations they may regenerate the paternal constitution and renovate their father's life.
الصفحة 127 - England in Parliament assembled, being chosen by and " representing the People, have the supreme power in this
الصفحة 49 - The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions...