 | Literature - 1851 - 824 pages
...whether natural or revealed. "|| Blackstoue declares that " this law of nature, being coeval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any • P«ley'« Moral Philosophy, vol. 5, p. 396. t A. S mil I Л Moral Sentiments, p. 283. {Burke'e... | |
 | Charles Elliott - History - 1850 - 372 pages
...will of his Maker is called the law of nature." (Id.) " The law of nature, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior...authority, mediately or immediately, from this original." (P. 41.) " Upon these two foundations—the law of nature and the law of revelation—depend all human... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 514 pages
...which, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is, of course, superior in obligations to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in...; and such of them as are valid, derive all their authority, mediately, or immediately, from this original." — BLACKSTONE. Upon this law depend the... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 510 pages
...which, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is, of course, superior in obligations to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in...; and such of them as are valid, derive all their authority, mediately, or immediately, from this original." — BLACKSTONE. Upon this law depend the... | |
 | Jacob Gilbert Forman - Slavery - 1851 - 52 pages
...nature being co-eval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is superior in obligation to any other: no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to...authority, mediately or immediately, from this original." Specifying a particular act forbidden by God's law, he says : " If any human law should allow or enjoin... | |
 | None - History - 1851 - 514 pages
...sentimentalism, has said, in his Commentaries on English Law — "The law of nature, being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is, of course, superior...binding over all the globe, in all countries, and all times. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive... | |
 | Horace Mann - Slavery - 1851 - 588 pages
...globe ; in all countries, at all times. No human laws have any validity, if contrary to this : 288 and such of them as are valid, derive all their force...authority, mediately or immediately, from this original." — 1 Com. 41. Fortescue, the Chancellor of Henry VI., in his De Laudibus Legum Anglice, cap. 42, has... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Economics - 1851 - 492 pages
...a right so to withdraw. § a" No human laws are of any validity if contrary to the law of nature ; and such of them as are valid derive all their force...authority mediately or immediately from this original." Thus writes Blackstone, to whom let all honour be given for having so far outseen the ideas of his... | |
 | Horace Mann - Slavery - 1851 - 588 pages
...God's laws." — Maxims, pp. 6, 7. " The law of Nature," says Blackstone, " being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding all over the globe ; in all countries, at all times. No human laws have any validity, if contrary to... | |
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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... 
