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" 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 36
by Thomas Erskine Holland - 1906 - 443 pages
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The Monthly Review or Literary Journal

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...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 34

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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volumes 1-4

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...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 9, Part 2

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...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 84-85

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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir 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...
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The History of Barbados: From the First Discovery of the Island, in the Year ...

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...
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Observations on "The Two Sons of Oil": Containing a Vindication of the ...

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...
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The British Constitution, Or an Epitome of Blackstone's Commentaries on the ...

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...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 1

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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