 | George Bowyer - 1854 - 424 pages
...have taken a general view : — " Generally speaking, the law is human reason governing the nations of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation are the particular cases to which that reason applies." He here looks on law in the same light as we... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1891 - 264 pages
...inquiry into the nature of law. ' Law in general is human reason in so far as it governs all the peoples of the earth ; and the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases to which this human reason is applied.' 'They ought to be so closely... | |
 | Edward Jackson Lowell - 1892 - 426 pages
...would reconcile their claims. "Law in general is human reason, in so far as it governs all the nations of the earth ; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be but the particular cases to which that human reason is applied." "They should be so adapted... | |
 | Shailer Mathews - 1900 - 318 pages
...this standard in human reason. "Law in general is human reason in so far as it governs all the nations of the earth ; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be but the particular cases to which that human reason is applied." And he goes on to say that... | |
 | Shailer Mathews - 1923 - 488 pages
...this standard in human reason. "Law in general is human reason in so far as it governs all the nations of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be but the particular cases to which that human reason is applied." And he goes on to say that... | |
 | Albert Hyma - 1928 - 556 pages
...show the trend of his views : "Law in general is human reason, in so far as it governs all the nations of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be but the particular cases to which that human reason is applied." The author recognized four... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1989 - 814 pages
...what is called the CIVIL STATE." Law in general is human reason insofar as it governs all the peoples of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be only the particular cases to which human reason is applied. Laws should be so appropriate... | |
 | Werner Stark - 1998 - 236 pages
...position af1er all. For instance: "Law, in general, is human reason in so far as it rules all the peoples of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be nothing else but particular cases in which that human reason has found application" (II,... | |
 | David Williams - 1999 - 534 pages
...what is called the CIVIL STATE. Law in general is human reason insofar as it governs all the peoples of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be only the particular cases to which human reason is applied. Laws should be so appropriate... | |
 | Gary Brent Madison - 2001 - 298 pages
...for whom it is established-.. Law in general is human reason insofar as it governs all the peoples of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be only the particular cases to which human reason is applied [this is Montesquieu's universalist... | |
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Law in general is human reason insofar as it governs all the peoples of the earth; and the political and civil laws of each nation should be only the particular cases to which human reason is applied. 
