 | 1833 - 578 Seiten
...Blaekstone's definition of municipal law, betrays a similar confusion of ideas. According to him, Law is ' a rule of civil ' conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a State, command' ing what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.' Were this the fact, there could be no bad... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 Seiten
...protection. Cowell. MUNDICK. See Metal. MUNICIPAL LAW. Is defined by Blackstone, (1 Comm. Introd.) " a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state ;" and for this definition he gives his reasons at large, to which we refer the reader. See Law. MUNIMENT-HOUSE,... | |
 | 1835 - 804 Seiten
...why, I shall deviate from the path which he has traced. Municipal law is defined by Mr. Blackstone, to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power of the state." By Justinian it is said, " Id quod quisque populus sibi jus constituit, vocaturjus civile... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 694 Seiten
...truth of the former branch of our definition is (I trust) sufficiently evident; that " municipal law is a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state," I proceed now to the latter branch of it; that it is a rule so prescribed, " commanding what is right,... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 Seiten
...laws would be of no effect, but might always be eluded with impunity. But further: municipal law is "a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state." For legislature, as was before observed, is the greatest act of superiority that can be exercised by... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1838 - 334 Seiten
...paragraph containing the explanation above mentioned. It is as follows: — "But farther: Municipal Law is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by the supreme power in a state." " For Legislature, as was before observed, is the greatest act of superiority that can be exercised... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1838 - 910 Seiten
...would be of no effect, but might always be eluded with impunity (6). But farther : municipal law is " a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state." For legislature, as was before observed, is the greatest act of superiority that can be exercised by... | |
 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - 1839 - 556 Seiten
...one state or nation, which is governed by the same laws and customs. Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be " a rule of civil conduct...a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting " Puffendorf, 1. 7, c. 1, compared • Ff. 1, 1, 9. with Barbeyrac's commentary. ° Inst 1, 2, 1. "... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 Seiten
...defined by a writer, whose definitions especially have been the theme of almost universal panegyric, " to be a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state." In our system, the legislature of a state is the supreme power, in all cases where its action is not... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 Seiten
...the law which every nation has established for its own government," Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be "a rule of civil conduct...commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong." How the several forms of government we now see in the world at first actually began is matter of great... | |
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Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be "a rule of •• civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding " what is right and prohibiting what is wrong. 
