Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 148
... duty is assigned by law , and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty , it seems equally clear that the individual who considers him- self injured , has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy . If ...
... duty is assigned by law , and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty , it seems equally clear that the individual who considers him- self injured , has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy . If ...
Page 405
... duty to obey every statute which is just . It is so before the thing becomes a statute . The legislator makes a decree ; it is a declaration that certain things must be done , or certain other things not done . If the things commanded ...
... duty to obey every statute which is just . It is so before the thing becomes a statute . The legislator makes a decree ; it is a declaration that certain things must be done , or certain other things not done . If the things commanded ...
Page 408
... Duty of the magistrate to enforce the statute ; it is the duty of the people to obey . So in Pharaoh's time it was a moral duty to drown the babies in the Nile ; in Darius ' time to pray to King Darius , and him only ; in Herod's time ...
... Duty of the magistrate to enforce the statute ; it is the duty of the people to obey . So in Pharaoh's time it was a moral duty to drown the babies in the Nile ; in Darius ' time to pray to King Darius , and him only ; in Herod's time ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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