| James Wilson - Law - 1804 - 494 pages
...against law and right, which those who made them perceiving, would not put them in execution ° — that an act- of parliament made against natural equity, as to make a man judge in his own cause, is void in itself; for jura naturae sunt immutabilia, and they are leges... | |
| Hugh Henry Brackenridge - Law - 1814 - 608 pages
...laws are contrary to this law of nature and reason, they are void of themselves." And, in HobartS7, an act of} parliament made against natural equity as to make a man a, judge in his own cause, is void in itself; for jura nature sunt immutabilia, and they are leges... | |
| Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 434 pages
...of the legislature, exists, the grant of the power would, we should be led to suppose, be expressed in such clear, unequivocal terms, as to leave room...doubt nor cavil. In England, it is said, that even tin act of parliament, made against ritual equity, as to make a judge in his own case, is void in itself;... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1832 - 590 pages
...of justice and freedom of opinion, led Lord Chief Justice Hobart, in Day v. Savagef to insist that an act of parliament made against natural equity, as to make a man judge in his own case, was void; and induced Lord Chief Justice Holt to say, in the case of the... | |
| Joseph Reed Ingersoll - Railroads - 1834 - 88 pages
...far the terms of the grant which we are supposed to interfere with, prevent the practical use and in* "Even an act of Parliament made against natural equity, as to make a man judge in nia own case, i» void in Ąt»elf, for Jura nature tnnt immulabilia. and they are Ifgei... | |
| Francis Lieber - Law - 1839 - 248 pages
...of justice and freedom of opinion, led lord chief justice Hobart, in Day v. Savage, to insist, that an act of parliament made against natural equity, as to make a man judge in his own case, was void ; and induced lord chief justice Holt to say, in the case of the... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...judge of highly deserved estimation, seems in some measure unguarded, in asserting from the bench, that an act of parliament, made against natural equity, as to make a man judge in his own case, is void of itself; for jura natura sunt immutabUia, and they are leges legum.... | |
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