Considerations on Criminal Law, Հատոր 1T. Longman and T. Cadell, 1774 - 315 էջ |
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... existence . Contracted obligations are defined to be , those which are not derived from na- ture or from any natural obligation ; but which exift in confequence of fome par- ticular act . Such is the obligation to educate children ...
... existence . Contracted obligations are defined to be , those which are not derived from na- ture or from any natural obligation ; but which exift in confequence of fome par- ticular act . Such is the obligation to educate children ...
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... . As well might we fay , in oppofition to thefe philofophers , that the obligation men are under to preferve their existence is not natural , or innate ; innate ; because no human being is born a man 14 CONSIDERATIONS on.
... . As well might we fay , in oppofition to thefe philofophers , that the obligation men are under to preferve their existence is not natural , or innate ; innate ; because no human being is born a man 14 CONSIDERATIONS on.
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... existence . This facred affurance gives , us room likewife to believe , that the first pair came from the hands of the Great Creator complete and adult ; that is , that from the first moment of their existence , they were endued with ...
... existence . This facred affurance gives , us room likewife to believe , that the first pair came from the hands of the Great Creator complete and adult ; that is , that from the first moment of their existence , they were endued with ...
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... existence to the human fpecies , it follows , that a State of Nature , fuch as fome philofophers have defcribed , must be merely hypothetical . As Puffendorf very juftly obferves , an abfolute State of Nature could never have exifted ...
... existence to the human fpecies , it follows , that a State of Nature , fuch as fome philofophers have defcribed , must be merely hypothetical . As Puffendorf very juftly obferves , an abfolute State of Nature could never have exifted ...
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... have unaccountably argued against the existence of the Law of Nature . Puffendorf , Selden , and others , who may in this point be deemed followers followers of Epicurus , have contended againft it ; but 66 CONSIDERATIONS on.
... have unaccountably argued against the existence of the Law of Nature . Puffendorf , Selden , and others , who may in this point be deemed followers followers of Epicurus , have contended againft it ; but 66 CONSIDERATIONS on.
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abuſe againſt becauſe cafes capital puniſhments caſes cauſes CHAP cife circumftances civil civil Laws confequently confideration confidered conftitution court Covarruvias Crimes Criminal Laws death degree delinquent difpofitions diftinction duties End of Puniſhment eſtabliſhed exiftence exiſt faid fame fays fecurity feems fenfe fenfible ferves feverity fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt focial fociety fome fpecies ftate fubfiftence fubject fuch a ftate fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupport fupreme fyftem greateſt Grotius himſelf Hobbes hoftility human increaſe inflict inftances inftitutions injuftice injured intereft itſelf juftice jurifdiction Jury juſt Law of Nature lefs legiſlative likewife magiftrate mankind meaſure ment moft moral moſt muft muſt neceffarily neceffary neceffity niſhments obferves obligation occafion offences ourſelves paffion peace perfon political prefent principles Puffendorf purpoſe queſtion reaſon reſpect revenge SECT ſeems ſelfiſh ſenſe ſeverity ſome ſpirit ſtate ſuch ſuppoſe thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion unleſs uſe virtue
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Էջ 94 - Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Էջ 154 - This is where they doubt the matter of law, and therefore choose to leave it to the determination of the court ; though they have an unquestionable right of determining upon all the circumstances and finding a general verdict, if they think proper so to hazard a breach of their oaths...
Էջ 47 - For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law ; and as many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law ; (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Էջ xiii - Of Law there can be no lefs acknowledged, than that her feat is the bofom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very leaft as feeling her care, and the greateft as not exempted from her power...
Էջ 47 - as many as have finned without Law, " fhall alfo perifh without Law : and as " many as have finned in the Law,
Էջ 154 - That the con-* fcience of the Jury muft pronounce the prifoner guilty or not guilty ; for, to fay the truth, it were the moft unhappy cafe that could be to the Judge, if he at his peril muft take upon him the guilt or innocence of the prifoner; and if the Judge's opinion muft rule the matter of fact, the trial by Jury would be ufelefs.
Էջ 48 - Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things conu tained in the law, thefe, having not the law, are a law unto M themfelves ; which mew the work of the law written in their " hearts, their confcience alfo bearing witnefs, and their thoughts " the mean while accufing, or elfe excufing one another.
Էջ 255 - For, though the end of punishment is to deter men from offending, it never can follow from thence, that it is lawful to deter them at any rate and by any means ; since there may be unlawful methods of enforcing obedience even to the justest laws.
Էջ 46 - ... the moral law, called also the law of nature. And by this law, written with the finger of God in the heart of man, were the people of God a long time governed before the law was written by Moses, who was the first reporter or writer of law in the world.
Էջ 240 - Law is right Reason, commanding Things that are good, and forbidding Things that are bad. . . . The Violation therefore of the Law does not constitute a Crime when the Law is bad; but the violation of what ought to be a Law, is a Crime even where there is no Law."29 Along with this different kind of content went a different way of addressing the audience. The political tract, which was reprinted from a London journal, was introduced to the readers by a letter to the editor, signed in the fashion...