| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1834 - 894 pages
...I'uffendorf, cxv. Such being indisputably the law of God, Judge Blackstone declares 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... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...destructive of man's real happiness, and therefore that the law of nature forbids it. 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 arc... | |
| William Findley - Christianity and politics - 1812 - 380 pages
...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... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - Constitutional law - 1823 - 872 pages
...happiness." — This is the foundation of wbat we call ethics, or natural law. 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... | |
| John Erskine - Law - 1824 - 602 pages
...LAW." 2 It is in the same spirit laid down by Blackstone, in general terms, that " the " 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 coun" tries, and at all times ; no human laws are... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...destructive of man's real happiness, and, therefore, that the laV of nature forbids it. 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... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1826 - 330 pages
...day. Men may read history and not have come to this conclusion ; but short-sighted persons ought kind, 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... | |
| William Blackstone - Law - 1827 - 916 pages
...destructive of man's real happiness, and therefore that the law of nature forbids it8 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... | |
| Enoch Lewis - Slave trade - 1828 - 390 pages
...law. "The will of the Maker," says judge Blackstone, "is called the law of nature. 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... | |
| James Peggs - Hindu ethics - 1830 - 556 pages
...own nature and essence invalid. Blackstone, speaking of the law of nature, says, 'this law of nature, 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, and at all times ; no human laws are... | |
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