The Spirit of Laws, Volumes 1-2J. Collingwood, 1823 - Jurisprudence |
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... becomes honourable ; and it becomes so , when luxury is at a great height . To permit some men to acquire vast fortunes out of what belongs to the public , to plunder them in their turn , as was formerly prac- tised in certain states ...
... becomes honourable ; and it becomes so , when luxury is at a great height . To permit some men to acquire vast fortunes out of what belongs to the public , to plunder them in their turn , as was formerly prac- tised in certain states ...
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... becomes the property of his master : now a sale without a price is as chimerical , as a contract without a condition . There could never be but one just law in favour of slavery ; this was that Roman law which made a debtor become the ...
... becomes the property of his master : now a sale without a price is as chimerical , as a contract without a condition . There could never be but one just law in favour of slavery ; this was that Roman law which made a debtor become the ...
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... become sensible of their force ; hence the principal advantages of this society they endeavour to convert to their own emolument , which constitutes a state of war betwixt individuals . These two different kinds of states give rise to ...
... become sensible of their force ; hence the principal advantages of this society they endeavour to convert to their own emolument , which constitutes a state of war betwixt individuals . These two different kinds of states give rise to ...
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... becomes their predominant passion . Unconcerned about the government , and every thing belonging to it , they quietly ... become perpetual till they were ratified by the consent of the people . * Lib . 1 & 3 de Leg . They were called ...
... becomes their predominant passion . Unconcerned about the government , and every thing belonging to it , they quietly ... become perpetual till they were ratified by the consent of the people . * Lib . 1 & 3 de Leg . They were called ...
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... become of Spain and Portugal since the subversion of their laws , were it not for this only barrier against the incursions of arbitrary power ? A barrier ever useful when there is no other : for since a despotic government is productive ...
... become of Spain and Portugal since the subversion of their laws , were it not for this only barrier against the incursions of arbitrary power ? A barrier ever useful when there is no other : for since a despotic government is productive ...
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Page 154 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty ; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 199 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
Page 319 - The enjoyment of liberty, and even its support and preservation, consists in every man's being allowed to speak his thoughts, and lay open his sentiments.
Page 129 - Should a popular insurrection happen in one of the confederate states, the others are able to quell it. Should abuses creep into one part, they are reformed by those that remain sound. The state may be destroyed on one side, and not on the other; the confederacy may be dissolved, and the confederates preserve their sovereignty. "As this government is composed of...
Page 160 - But as we have already observed, the national judges are no more than the mouth that pronounces the words of the law, mere passive beings, incapable of moderating either its force or rigour.
Page 154 - There would be an end of everything, were the same man or the same body, whether of the nobles or of the people, to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals.
Page 159 - But if the legislative power in a free state has no right to stay the executive, it has a right and ought to have the means of examining in what manner its laws have been executed...
Page 129 - If a single member should attempt to usurp the supreme authority, he could not be supposed to have an equal authority and credit in all the confederate states. Were he to have too great influence over one, this would alarm the rest.
Page 122 - It is natural to a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist.
Page 128 - It is very probable" (says he*) "that mankind would have been obliged at length to live constantly under the government of a SINGLE PERSON, had they not contrived a kind of constitution that has all the internal advantages of a republican, together with the external force of a monarchical, government.