Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity... The Elements of Jurisprudence - Page 36by Thomas Erskine Holland - 1906 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
| Several Hands - 1766 - 596 pages
...adopted and enforced with great energy and concifenefs : and our Author proceeds to obferve, that ' this law of nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himfelf, is of courfe fuperior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1766 - 722 pages
...adopted and enforced with great energy and concifencfs : and our Author proceeds to obferve that « this law of nature being coeval with mankind, and dic.tated by God himfelf, is of courfe fuperior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 516 pages
...that action is deftruftive of man's real happinefs, and therefore that the law of nature forbids it. THIS law of nature, being coeval with mankind and dictated by God himfelf, is of courfe fuperior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe in all... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 432 pages
...that aélion is deftruftive of man's real happinefa, and therefore that the law of nature forbids it. This law of nature, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himfelf, is of courfe fuperior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all... | |
| William Cobbett - 1834 - 894 pages
...obligation." — I'uffendorf, cxv. Such being indisputably the law of God, Judge Blackstone declares that "this law of nature being coeval with mankind and...superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity it contrary... | |
| William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 pages
...that action is destructive of man's real happiness, and therefore that the law of nature forbids it. THIS law of nature being coeval with mankind, and...superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe in all countries, and at all times : no human laws arc of any validity, if contrary... | |
| John Poyer - 1808 - 716 pages
...selfdefence ; and no human jurisdiction has a legitimate power to deprive him of this sacred privilege. This law of nature, being coeval with mankind,, and dictated by God himself^ is of superior obligation to any other. No human laws ate of any .validity;, if contrary to this* Such a... | |
| William Findley - 1812 - 380 pages
...pursue this line of conduct, so far as that our self-love comes frequently in aid of our duty. The law of nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior to, and the foundation of, all other laws. It is binding all over the globe, in all countries, and... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...tribuere. substantial happiness." — This is the foundation of wbat we call ethics, or natural law. This law of nature, being coeval with mankind and...superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe in all countries, and at all times : no human laws are of any validity, if contrary... | |
| Charles Bucke - 1823 - 416 pages
...of reason to discover the purport of those laws. This law of Nature,*' he afterwards observes *, " being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to every other. It is binding all over the globe, in all countries, and at all times : no human laws are... | |
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