Considerations on Criminal Law, Հատոր 1T. Longman and T. Cadell, 1774 - 315 էջ |
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Էջ ix
... these refo- lutions , the Author prefumes to hope , that the obfervations which occur in this Effay , with the better authorities from the different writers on Jurifprudence , which are occasionally referred to in the course of it , may ...
... these refo- lutions , the Author prefumes to hope , that the obfervations which occur in this Effay , with the better authorities from the different writers on Jurifprudence , which are occasionally referred to in the course of it , may ...
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... these cafes , is equally natural . All the difference feems to be , that the fenfe of the obligations we lie under , with respect to ourselves , is ante- cedent to that by which we discover our obligations with regard to others . The ...
... these cafes , is equally natural . All the difference feems to be , that the fenfe of the obligations we lie under , with respect to ourselves , is ante- cedent to that by which we discover our obligations with regard to others . The ...
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... these prin- ciples will tend to expose that false logic which has in a great measure made the observance of law an obligation distinct from , and independent of , morality . But as all human laws are , or ought to be , founded on the ...
... these prin- ciples will tend to expose that false logic which has in a great measure made the observance of law an obligation distinct from , and independent of , morality . But as all human laws are , or ought to be , founded on the ...
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... these reflections , he cites the example of the favage youth who was taken in the woods of Hanover . But we apprehend that this subject has not been confidered by the above writers with fufficient extent and precision . With refpect to ...
... these reflections , he cites the example of the favage youth who was taken in the woods of Hanover . But we apprehend that this subject has not been confidered by the above writers with fufficient extent and precision . With refpect to ...
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... these communities confiderable enough to illuftrate this queftion . Add to this , that Grotius has not given any precife definition of a State of Nature and we may even venture to say , that the Ame- ricans , of whom he speaks , do not ...
... these communities confiderable enough to illuftrate this queftion . Add to this , that Grotius has not given any precife definition of a State of Nature and we may even venture to say , that the Ame- ricans , of whom he speaks , do not ...
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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...