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... In some countries, the obligation to save life is legally codified. But while the law of the land may create a LEGAL right and corresponding LEGAL... ...d, if so (b) in which circumstances – can be easily settled using modern contract law. Yes, a contract can be annulled and voided if signed under ... ... Why is there a debate regarding this question? "Thou shalt not kill" is a natural law, it appears in virtually every legal system. It is easily an... ...y do shareholders cooperate with such corporate brigandage? In an important Chicago Law Review article whose preprint was posted to the Web a few we... ...entral banks) and businesses (for instance, investment banks, jobbers, and private equity funds). We are in the throes of a third wave. Instead of ... ...ion is not adjuvant. Innovation is useless without finance - whether in the form of equity or debt. Schumpeter himself gave equal weight to new for... ...ors lost most of their capital when the new lenders took over 90 percent of LTCM's equity. In an inflationary turn of phrase, "moral hazard" is now... ...t" - based on the introduction to the anthology "Discounting and Intergenerational Equity", published by the Resources for the Future think tank - ... ...tors try to eke an extra return out of the wild ride and to protect their dwindling equity portfolios. Naked strategies - selling options contracts ...

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...own? For (not to speak of Reason and her pure Reflective acts to fix the moral law 85 Deep in the conscience, nor of Christian Hope, Bowing her head bef... ...ial objects, melted and reduced To one identity, by differences That have no law, no meaning, and no end— Oppression, under which even highest minds M... ...use. But though untaught by thinking or by books To reason well of polity or law, 200 And nice distinctions, then on every tongue, Of natural rights a... ...ndoned, selfish, proud, Mean, miserable, wilfully depraved, Hater perverse of equity and truth. Among that band of Officers was one, 290 Already hinted ... ...ous delight. Yet not the less, Hatred of absolute rule, where will of one Is law for all, and of that barren pride 505 In them who, by immunities unju... ...ned A thought to human welfare? That henceforth Captivity by mandate without law Should cease; and open accusation lead To sentence in the hearing of ... ...rly be charmed or stilled; 205 That nothing hath a natural right to last But equity and reason; that all else Meets foes irreconcilable, and at best L...

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...pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; whose are the fathers... ...ot himself declare the very contrary? —“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matt... ... of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed sp... ...h and Esdras, to celebrate the feast of tabernacles and hear the reading of the law, they one day burst forth into a bitter lamentation, upon which ... ...re failing punctually to observe the royal laws: “and whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed spe... ...stand these predictions of the prophets? Secondly, by what reason, or with what equity do they confound the gross ideas which the Jews have held and ... ...g of his ears: but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with ... ... the root itself, “And a flower shall grow out of his root;” the sweetness, the equity, and blessedness of his reign or judgment, together with the ... ...rcise his rule, his judgment, and absolute power, full of wisdom, goodness, and equity, “And the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name...

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...ys it took more than nine innings to get through a game. But this was the law of the land-Ruby's land. And there was no breaking that law, even in R... ...e had started and, given the right reason, she was not above changing the law of the land, which she came close to doing one Sunday when she and I w... ...to doing one Sunday when she and I were returning home from church. The law of the land at the time was that black people sat in the back of the b... ...ogull, I set forth on my venture. I also received huge donations of sweat equity from many other friends. March 10, 1975 was the day of the grand op... ...hat you like." I constantly seek the best everywhere. This is a spiritual law which I do not understand, nor do I need to un­ derstand it, but I know... ...n is dis­ tinctly the opposite! All we need do is to trust in this natural law as an unfailing truth, and have faith that we will discover what the ... ...ent to my employment contract, which declared that I was an employee with equity. The contract stated in the best legalese: "Mr. Wally Amos as­ sign... ...dship, the terms of the new agreement were tough. The Johnsons reduced my equity to 0%. They wanted to cut my annual salary from $225,000 to $60,000...

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...invalid, and any man may make bold to say that he is not bound by any other law or institution of Christ. For a single exception, especially in the ... ... every good work, for it does no wrong, indeed, it is the fulfilling of the law [Rom. 13:10]. In no other way can man come to God or deal with him t... ...ey reach this conclusion by this one argument: if the sacraments of the New Law were mere signs, there would be no apparent reason why they should s... ... there would be no apparent reason why they should surpass those of the Old Law. Hence they have been driven to attribute such great powers to the s... ...ave been driven to attribute such great powers to the sacraments of the New Law that they think the sacraments benefit even those who are in mortal ... ...ry best of laws, and will judge every variety of ease with a lively sense of equity. And if there is knowledge of the divine law combined with natura...

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...r to the fact; all the facts of history preexist in the mind as laws. Each law in turn is made by circumstances predominant, and the limits of nature ... ... of the mind’s powers and dep- ravations as what has befallen us. Each new law and po- litical movement has meaning for you. Stand before each of its ... ...eries, the great resistances, the great prosperities of men;—because there law was enacted, the sea was searched, the land was found, or the blow was ... ...en known. The better for him. History must be this or it is nothing. Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human nature; that is all. W... ...or get it from his skin,” is sound philosophy. All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished. They are punished by ... ...site excess in the constitution, but absurdly offered as a bar to original equity. When virtue is in presence, all subordinate pow- ers sleep. On its ... ..., we will do as we do. Whilst the debate goes for- 222 Essays ward on the equity of commerce, and will not be closed for a century or two, New and Ol... ...terpretation. The habit of his mind is a reference to standards of natural equity and public advantage; and he inspires respect and the wish to deal w... ... sentiment will write the law of the land. If it be not easy to settle the equity of this question, the peril is less when we take note of our natural...

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...t limits of his power as it has been conditioned. (Now it is the sovereign law and right of nature that each individual should endeavour to preserve i... ...ogico-Political Treatise – Part Four but itself ; therefore this sovereign law and right belongs to every individual, namely, to exist and act accordi... ...identical with the teaching of Paul, who acknowledges that previous to the law – that is, so long as men are consid- ered of as living under the sway ... ..., how ratified and established, we will now inquire. Now it is a universal law of human nature that no one ever neglects anything which he judges to b... ...r the least, for it does not necessarily follow that he judges right. This law is so deeply implanted in the human mind that it ought to be counted am... ...the laws, rightly interpreted, would allow him. These last are also called equity and iniquity, because those who administer the laws are bound to sho... ... does it first dawn upon us what is justice and what is injustice, what is equity and what is iniquity. Justice, therefore, and absolutely all the pre... ...means that God rules among men, and directs human affairs with justice and equity. This conclusion is supported by experience, for we find traces of D...

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...within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by law Direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every t... ...le and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. Section 4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Sena... ...each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Sena... ...h Meeting shall be on the first Monday in De cember, unless they shall by law appoint a different Day. Section 5. Each House shall be the Judge of ... ... shall re ceive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascer tained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all ... ...ice. Section 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and... ...f the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizen...

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... to this life. If anyone presume to violate the laws of public justice and equity, established for the preservation of those things, his presumption i... ...e first place, let them show me the edict by which Christ has imposed that law upon His Church. And let not any man think me impertinent, if in a thin... ... jurisdiction over those that are not joined with it. And therefore peace, equity, and friendship are always mutually to be observed by particular chu... ...the magistrate than the other? Will the magistrate provide by an ex press law that such a one shall not become poor or sick? Laws provide, as much as... ... preserve the health and strength of their bodies. Shall it be provided by law that they must consult none but Roman physicians, and shall everyone be... ...Geneva shop? Or, to make these subjects rich, shall they all be obliged by law to become merchants or musicians? Or, shall everyone turn victualler, o... ... I say, in the first place, that the magistrate has no power to enforce by law, either in his own Church, or much less in another, the use of any rite... ...ated; and unless these innocent Pagans, strict observ ers of the rules of equity and the law of Nature and no ways offending against the laws of the ... ...they have got by their honest industry, and, con trary to all the laws of equity, both human and divine, to be delivered up for a prey to other men’s...

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...s, who are the established interpreters of the will of heaven, authorized by law. Nothing is more bitter in all his writings than his comparison of th... ...r royal 6 Statesman person. And the rule of a man is better and higher than law, because he is more able to deal with the infinite complexity of huma... ...nkind, in despair of finding a true ruler, are willing to ac- quiesce in any law or custom which will save them from the caprice of individuals. They ... .... (5) His characteristic is, that he alone has science, which is superior to law and written enactments; these do but spring out of the necessities of... ...e diviners and priests, who are full of pride and prerogative; these, as the law declares, know how to give acceptable gifts to the gods, and in many ... ... of obligation and of freedom; and their applications whether made by law or equity in particular cases. There are two sides from which positive laws ...

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...e, and manufacturers for necessity, convenience, and defense; if a spirit of equity and humanity toward the aboriginal nations of America, and a dispo... ... Constitution, all will, of course, arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in com mon efforts for the common good. All, too, will be... ...ust be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to vio late would be oppression. Let us, then, fel... ...ment on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of th... ...s in the arts of first necessity, and they are covered with the aegis of the law against aggressors from among ourselves. But the endeavors to enlight... ...ic tranquillity in reform ing these abuses by the salutary coercions of the law; but the experiment is noted to prove that, since truth INAUGURAL ADD... ...cts of impost with a view to revenue, it would seem to me that the spirit of equity, caution and compromise in which the Constitution was formed requi...

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...the other, resting upon the ba sis of human institutions, and prescriptive law, and co lonial charter. The cornerstone of the one was right, that o... ... the days of Plato to those of Rousseau, have recommended as the fundamental law of a perfect republic. This theory results, it must be acknowledged,... ... this conti nent has been more distinguished for undeviating kind ness and equity toward the savages. There are, indeed, moralists who have question...

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...r of Edward III, edited and trans lated by Ernest C. Thomas, Barrister at law, late Scholar of T rinity College, Oxford, and Librarian of the Oxfor... ...s from history. The arch philosopher Aristotle, whom Averroes regards as the law of Nature, bought a few books of Speusippus straightway after his dea... ...selves to labours upon the sacred scripture, meditating day and night on the law of the Lord. And whatever they could steal from their famishing belly... ...e contempt of the Divine Word and the injury of souls. In truth, against the law ye plough with an ox and an ass together, in committing the cultivati... ...d evade in turn their hooks and nets and snares? From the body of the Sacred Law down to the booklet containing the fallacies of yesterday, nothing co... ...ub jects, refuse to be brought to the standard of synteresis, the origin of equity, because they feel that they possess more of arbitrary will than r...

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...atters which I engaged to prove in IV:xviii., whereby it is plain that the law against the slaughtering of ani- mals is founded rather on vain superst... ...he Ethics – Part IV fear of incurring a greater injury themselves. On this law society can be established, so long as it keeps in its own hand the rig... ...o his individual advantage, decides what is good or bad, being bound by no law to anyone besides himself. In the state of nature, therefore, sin is in... ... reason, is more free in a State, where he lives under a general system of law, than in solitude, where he is independent. Proof.– The man, who is gui... ...se things, which beget harmony, are such as are at- tributable to justice, equity, and honourable living. For men brook ill not only what is unjust or... ... remaining emotions of pain towards men are di- rectly opposed to justice, equity, honour, piety, and religion; and, although indignation seems to bea... ...religion; and, although indignation seems to bear a certain resemblance to equity, yet is life but lawless, where every man may pass judgment on anoth...

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...force of the Political Community or State, of which the main instrument is Law. Hence arises the demand for the necessary complement to the Ethics, i.... ...men, enabling them to organise and administer their states and regulate by law the life of the citizens to their advantage and happiness, but it is th... ...The Greek citizen was only exceptionally, and at rare intervals if ever, a law- maker while at any moment he might be called upon to act as a judge (j... ...s or the power to see the proper line of treatment to follow in a court of law. The form of the thinking which enters into conduct is that which termi... ...great agency in the production of such life is the State operating through Law, which is Reason backed by Force. For its great- est efficiency there i... ...ovince of Justice is among Men. [Sidenote: 1137b] We have next to speak of Equity and the Equitable, that is to say, of the relations of Equity to Jus... ... waive his strict claims though backed by the law: and this moral state is Equity, being a species of Justice, not a different moral state from Justic... ...eek: gnomae]; i.e. he is disposed to make allowance, for considerations of equity are entertained by all good men alike in transactions with their fel...

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...its present value, but as regards its original gen- esis, or what in civil law is called the deductio. Under what 7 Thomas de Quincey angle, under wh... ...Olympus was cruel, earth trembled; because the divine beings were the most law- less of Thugs, the human being became the most abject of sycophants. H... ...hree, viz., Judaism, Christianity, and Islamism. The first builds upon the Law and the Prophets; or, perhaps, sufficiently upon the Pentateuch; the se... ...ds historically the record of a vast mythology. Heaps of such cases, (both law and mythological records,) survive in the Sanscrit, and in other pagan ... ...se of contract; of mercantile con- tract; of that contract which the Roman law expressed by the formula—Do ut des. Vainly you came before the altars w... ...n the learned minority. The inference, there- fore, would be, that, in all equity, the interest of the un- learned section claimed a priority of atten... ... every year it does, in that proportion the obligation and cogency of this equity strength- ens. An attention to the unlearned part of an audience, wh... ... superfluous: and in such a remon- strance there would once have been some equity. The illiter- ate section of the readers might then be fairly assume... ... of Christianity. The sense of honor did not exist in Pagan times. Natural equity , and the equity of civil laws—those were the two moral forces under...

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...on between the values of gold and silver money was not fixed by any public law or proclama- tion, but was left to be settled by the market. If a debto... ... found convenient to ascertain this proportion, and to declare by a public law, that a guinea, for example, of such a weight and fineness, should ex- ... ... The masters, being fewer in number, can combine much more easily: and the law, besides, authorises, or at least does not prohibit, their combinations... ...he easiness or hardness of the mas- ters. Where wages are not regulated by law, all that we can pretend to determine is, what are the most usual; and ... ...o determine is, what are the most usual; and experience seems to shew that law can never regulate them properly, though it has often pretended to do s... ...hich the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. It is but equity, besides, that they who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of th... ...l jurisdictions over his own people. He is said to have done so with great equity, though without any of the formalities of jus- tice; and it is not i...

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...ght that they could not keep the commandments of the Lord according to the law of Moses, save they should have the law. 1 Nephi 4:16 16 And I also kn... ..., save they should have the law. 1 Nephi 4:16 16 And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass. 1 Nephi 4:17 17 And again, I kn... ...es and judgments of the Lord, and all his commandments, ac- cording to the law of Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people; and our ... ... me. 1 Nephi 21:24 24 For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the law- ful captives delivered? 1 Nephi 21:25 25 But thus saith the Lord, eve... ...usness shall he judge the poor, and re- 129 The Book of Mormon prove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod... ...And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the ro... ...ry shall be the glory of the Only Begot- ten of the Father, full of grace, equity, and truth, full of patience, mercy, and long-suffering, quick to he... ...y, by the voice of his angels that: I will come down among my people, with equity and justice in my hands. Alma 10:22 22 Yea, and I say unto you that... ... 3:20 20 Nevertheless Helaman did fill the judgment-seat with justice and equity; yea, he did observe to keep the statutes, and the judgments, and th...

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...veries and surprises in store for the lucky searcher. Moreover, as in this law treatise Tiraqueau attacked women in a merciless fashion, President Ama... ...eau. If such freedom of language could be permitted in a grave treatise of law, similar liberties were certainly, in the same century, more natural in... ...hich contain the Apologue of the Horse and the Ass and the terrible Furred Law-cats, are markedly better than what follows them. They are not the only... ...ce; Although they justly made up the division, According to the shoe-welt- law’s decision, By distributing store of brews and beef To these poor fello... ...8 Gargantua & Pantagruel who will have their will to bear sway in stead of equity, and not of the wise and learned, who with the evidence of reason sa... ...epola, pernicious slights and subver- 212 Gargantua & Pantagruel sions of equity? For I am sure that you, and all those through whose hands this proc... ...imes coming according to the pre- scripts of evangelical and philosophical equity. In fine, all the papers were burnt, and the two gentlemen summoned ... ...d. I desire to be rightly understood; for truly, I say not but that in all equity, and with an upright conscience, those may very well be dispossessed... ...ions, and tyrannies; gov- erning them with discretion, maintaining them in equity and justice, instructing them with seasonable policies and whole- so...

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...are the Courts of Justice; and at stated times are heard their tri- als in law, or concerning the king’s patrimony, or in chancery, which moderates th... ...ng’s patrimony, or in chancery, which moderates the severity of the common law by equity. Till the time of Henry I. the Prime Court of Justice was mov... ...trimony, or in chancery, which moderates the severity of the common law by equity. Till the time of Henry I. the Prime Court of Justice was mov- able,... ...iefly in the study of physic, for very few apply themselves to that of the law; they are allowed a very good table, and silver cups to drink out of. O... ...nd return their verdict to the judges (who in England are only such of the law, and not of the fact); to convey the condemned to execution, and to der... ... hath the like interest with the father which begat them; and our com- mon law, which is the inheritance of the kingdom, did ever of old provide aids ... ...I would present; and therewith touched somewhat, which I would not, if the equity of the narration would have permitted any omission. 72 PERROT. SIR ...

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...ners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he sh... ...unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD ... ... the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 32 The wicke... ...e book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congre... ...k by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Chapter 78 G ive ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in ... ...he earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. Psalms 97:7 – 98:9 100 Chapter 99 T he LORD reigneth; let the peop... ...t is holy. 4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteous ness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye th...

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...or wife’s rustic ig- norance as to the usages then recently established by law with regard to the kind of money that could be legally ten- dered. This... ... thought themselves not amenable to justice; and again, the majesty of the law was offended at this intrusion upon an affair already under solemn cour... ...ll other regards whatsoever; to make this the first, the second, the third law of her conduct, and his personal safety but the fourth or fifth. Yet wo... ...would agree to defeat the charge against her by failing to appear. But the law had travelled too fast for him, and too determi- nately; so that, by th... ...spect, even then, at middle age, she was as pure as is a child. And, as to equity, it was only that she substituted the equity of camps for the polish... ...bstituted the equity of camps for the polished (but often more iniquitous) equity of courts and towns. As to the third item—the world’s opinion—I don’... ...lly true: trifling advantages will survive all human trials after abstract equity; and the logic of this case argues, that any few thousands of years ... ..., let us pass to a more alarming key. This first, which we have styled (in equity as well as for distinction) the Ovidian, is too ærial, too allegoric... ...overned his sortilegy (for such it may be called) with something more like equity. Fair play is a jewel: and in such a case, a man is supposed to play...

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...d- ing, which introduce them, and run thus: “Whereby even in the corruption of manners, the true boundaries of the law of nature, which ought to be th... ...easons I there give, men, in that way of denominating their actions, did not for the most part much stray from the Law of Nature; which is that standi... ...ociety; and therefore even outlaws and robbers, who break with all the world besides, must keep faith and rules of equity amongst themselves; or else ... ...e obedience we owe him so con- gruous to the light of reason, that a great part of man- kind give testimony to the law of nature: but yet I think it m... ...ral approbation, without ei- ther knowing or admitting the true ground of morality; which can only be the will and law of a God, who sees men in the d... ...in his letter of the 25th of January, 1616. Where then are those innate principles of justice, pi- ety, gratitude, equity, chastity? Or where is that ... ... not known, because it is broken. I grant the objection good where men, though they transgress, yet disown not the law; where fear of shame, censure, ...

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...orrah. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude ... ...is ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And he shall judge among th... ...ss, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. ... ...be broken, and be snared, and be taken. 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his f... ...ld not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is b... ...s ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the ro... ...ard, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil...

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...ng to which the award is made are constantly under the surveillance of the law of conspicuous leisure, and are indeed constantly undergoing change and... ...g form and consistency, this principle has had the force of a conventional law. It has served as the norm to which consumption has tended to conform, ... ... efforts are under the guidance of traditions that have been shaped by the law of conspicuously wasteful expenditure of time and substance. If beauty ... ...ieved by means and methods that commend them- selves to the great economic law of wasted effort. The more reputable, “presentable” portion of middle-c... ...icated in an earlier chapter. In so far as it comes into conflict with the law of conspicuous waste, the instinct of workmanship expresses itself not ... ...lidarity which we call conscience, including the sense of truthfulness and equity, and the instinct of workmanship, in its naive, non-invidious expres... ...n the presumptive initial phase here spoken of, the gifts of good- nature, equity, and indiscriminate sympathy do not appre- ciably further the life o... ...contest in accordance with some stipulated ground of decision, such as the equity 187 Veblen or legality of the respective contestants’ claims. The l...

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...ding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judg ment, and equity; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowl edge and ... ...ction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and for sake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, ... ...is saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judg ment, and equity; yea, every good path. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and... ... transgressors shall be rooted out of it. Chapter 3 M y son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and lo... ...d to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of m... ... brethren. 20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and for sake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them ... ...wakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep t... ...are him. 26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. 27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understan...

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...along with Opium and Scotch Whisky, the manufacture of which is allowed by law? In Heaven’s name, then, let Poetry be preserved. With Religion, howeve... ...h of October he was admitted as a student. He was sent to Leipsic to study law, in order that he might return to Frank- fort fitted for the regular co... ...ular course of municipal distinction. He intended to devote himself not to law, but to belles lettres. He attended Gellert’s lectures on literature, a... ... the same on her side. On August 6th Goethe took his degree as a doctor of law. Shortly afterwards he bade adieu to Sesenheim. Frederike lived till 18... ...ry, and of the walks he would take in the fine April days. His daughter-in-law Ottilie tended him faithfully. On the morn- ing of the 22d his strength... ..., was resumed. The endeavor was made to gain justice by represen- tations, equity by entreaties, favor by influence; and the quar- ter-masters were pr...

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...ance, keeping watch continually about my door, and threatening me with the law. Upon these three I internally vowed the bitterest revenge, if ever I s... ...her odd things, that the people enjoy extreme happiness; that they have no law; that they die without pain; that they are from ten to thirty feet in h... ... have accomplished it. “Y ou will say, no doubt, using the language of the law, that ‘to make out my case,’ I should rather undervalue, than insist up... ...ation of the activity required in this matter. This may be the practice in law, but it is not the usage of rea- son. My ultimate object is only the tr... ...eir results. Thus the jurisprudence of every na- tion will show that, when law becomes a science and a sys- tem, it ceases to be justice. The errors i... ... how often the legislature has been obliged to come forward to restore the equity its scheme had lost.” —Landor. 171 V olume One circumstance, in add...

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...ary university I have ever encountered and so the obligations flow beyond the law school. Professor Anthony Kelley, a brilliant composer, not only educ... ...enomics, and my wife Lauren Dame, as- sociate director of the Genome Ethics, Law and Policy Center, provided cru- cial support to my work with the sci... ...hur, and Hewlett Foundations have generously supported my work, as have Duke Law School’s research grants and Bost Fellowships. My work on synthetic b... ...ed Crustless Sandwich.” In the curiously mangled form of English that patent law produces, it was described this way: A sealed crustless sandwich for ... ....qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page xii there are powerful counterweights in both law and culture to the negative trends I describe here. There are lots of... ...ruc- ture that gives present employees separable interests in either debt or equity in exchange for their contributions to the company. But once that ...

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... dominion over the world, as is pretended. Secondly, that if he had, his heirs yet had no right to it. Thirdly, that if his heirs had, there being no law of Nature nor positive law of God that determines which is the right heir in all cases that may arise, the right of succession, and consequently of bearing rule, could not have been certainly determined....

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...s yet had no right to it. Thirdly. That if his heirs had, there being no law of Nature nor positive law of God that determines which is the right h... ... their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other... ...ler use than its bare preservation calls for it. The state of Nature has a law of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one, and reason, which is t... ...of Nature to govern it, which obliges every one, and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and ... ... from invading others’ rights, and from doing hurt to one another, and the law of Nature be observed, which willeth the peace and preservation of all ... ... declares him self to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity, which is that measure God has set to the actions of men for their m... ...ch as he, every man his equal, and the greater part no strict observers of equity and justice, the enjoyment of the property he has in this state is v...

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...nded to write or preach in particular places. Different methods of teaching adopted by the Apostles. CHAPTER XII ? Of the true Original of the Divine Law, and wherefore Scripture is called Sacred, and the Word of God. How that, in so far as it contains the Word of God, it has come down to us uncorrupted. CHAPTER XIII ? It is shown, that Scripture teaches only very Simple D...

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... adopted by the Apostles. CHAPTER XII – Of the true Original of the Divine Law, and wherefore Scripture is called Sacred, and the Word of God. How tha... ...superstition! 11 Spinoza CHAPTER XII – OF THE TRUE ORIGINAL OF THE DIVINE LAW, AND WHEREFORE SCRIPTURE IS CALLED SACRED, AND THE WORD OF GOD. HOW T... ... image of His Godhood. (3) Religion was imparted to the early Hebrews as a law writ- ten down, because they were at that time in the condition of chil... ... Jeremiah (xxxi:33) predicted a time coming when the Lord should write His law in their hearts. (4) Thus only the Jews, and amongst them chiefly the S... ...s only the Jews, and amongst them chiefly the Sadducees, struggled for the law written on tablets; least of all need those who bear it inscribed on th... ...om Him, or to be unnoticed by, Him, we might doubt or be igno- rant of the equity of His judgment as directing all things. (53) IV . That He has supre...

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...estimony from the Old Testament itself to the share of the Gentiles in the law and favour of God. Explanation of apparent discrepancy of the Epistle t... ...arguments for the eternal election of the Jews. CHAPTER IV – Of the Divine Law. Laws either depend on natural necessity or on human decree. The existe... ...tence of the latter not inconsistent with the former class of laws. Divine law a kind of law founded on human decree: called Divine from its object. D... ...kind of law founded on human decree: called Divine from its object. Divine law: (1) universal; (2) independent of the truth of any historical narrativ... ...rites and ceremonies; (4) its own reward. Reason does not present God as a law-giver for men. Such a conception a proof of ignorance – in Adam – in th... ...l keep thee, then shalt thou understand righ- teousness, and judgment, and equity, yea every good path.” (93) All of which is in obvious agreement wit...

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...slators but advocates and parties to the causes which they determine? Is a law proposed concerning private debts? It is a question to which the credit... ...nment implies the power of making laws. It is essen- tial to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or ... ...onounce the resolutions of such a ma- jority to be contrary to the supreme law of the land, uncon- stitutional, and void. If the people were not taint... ... the State governments. The magistracy, being equally the ministers of the law of the land, from whatever source it might emanate, would doubt- less b... ...rld. The jurisdiction of her several courts, general and local, of law, of equity, of admiralty, etc., is not less a source of frequent and intricate ... ...e remaining States will not persist in withholding similar proofs of their equity and generosity. We may calculate, therefore, that a rich and fertile... ... take place, when not merely prompted by common interest, but justified by equity and the prin- ciples of the Constitution. It may be alleged, perhaps... ...onvention, it is to be composed. It is to comprehend “all cases in law and equity arising under the Constitution, the laws of the United States, and t... ...view it in detail. It is, then, to extend: First. T o all cases in law and equity, arising under the Consti- tution and the laws of the United States....

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... limited and qualified freedom who will not co oper ate actively with the law and the public authorities in the repression of evil doers. A people wh... ...sequence of previous bad govern ment, which has taught them to regard the law as made for other ends than their good, and its administrators as worse... ...er exercised over them as a people whose sympathies are on the side of the law, and who are willing to give active assistance in its enforcement. Agai... ...Government very is, in all its details, so repugnant to that government of law, which is the foundation of all modern life, and so cor rupting to the... ...c of born slaves to be incapable of conforming their conduct to a rule or law. They can only do what they are ordered, and only when they are ordered... ... had been chief justices, or heads of any of the superior courts of law or equity. All who had for five years filled the office of puisne judge. All w... ...her country and her colonies, then no longer dependencies. The feelings of equity and conceptions of public morality from which these suggestions eman...

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...the long and active reigns of Charles V. and Philip the Second, remained a law for their successors; and the more the breach in the church widened, th... ...d in the treaty under their protest, could not of course have the force of law. If it had been opinions only that thus divided the minds of men, with ... ... on these points. Both alike have found it difficult to prove their right. Law can be applied only to conceivable cases, and perhaps spiri- tual found... ...perma- nent endowment should be made of opinions left open to change? What law cannot decide, is usually determined by might, and such was the case he... ...y, in all disputes between the Estates, which could not be settled by club law, the Emperors had in the last resort decided of them- selves, if the ca... ... by him, had no law but the interest of their master, and no stan- dard of equity but the advancement of the unreformed religion of which they were pa... ...vio- lent procedure. Under the shelter of an absurd positive law, those of equity and prudence might, it was thought, be safely despised. In the execu... ...r nearly a century, the silence of four preceding emperors, and the law of equity, which gave them an equal right with the Roman Catholics to the foun... ...heal. If he asked security for his person and his dignities, the Emperor’s equity would refuse him no reasonable demand. Majesty con- temned, admitted...

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...ved this view of the meritorious anture of almsgiving from the Jewish oral law. SURA LXVIII.–THE PEN [XVII.] Mecca.–52 Verses In the Name of God, the ... ...n. This promise bindeth us; verily, we will perform it. And now, since the Law was given, have we written in the Psalms that “my servants, the righteo... ... place, and be farthest from the path of happiness. Heretofore we gave the law to Moses, and appointed his brother Aaron to be his counsellor: 12 And ... ... xxiv. 44, n. 18 “Thou art taught that whoever would make a profit by the Law depriveth himself of life.” Pirke Aboth, i. 4. This precept is of frequ... ...rely take vengeance on the guilty ones. We heretofore gave the Book of the law to Moses: have thou no doubt as to our meeting with him: 5 and we appo... ...ought up, and the witnesses; and judgment shall be given between them with equity; and none shall be wronged: And every soul shall receive as it shall... ... praises of their Lord: and judgment shall be pronounced between them with equity: and it shall be said, “Glory be to God the Lord of the Worlds.” 31... ...hat he may reward those who believe and do the things that are right, with equity: but as for the infidels!– for them the draught that boileth and an ... ...e no power to injure thee. But if thou judge, then judge between them with equity. Verily, God loveth those who deal equitably. But how shall they mak...

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... point, until abso- lute badness is absolute death. The perception of this law awakens in the mind a sentiment which we call the religious sentiment, ... ... we do so with enthusi- astic assent? Morality pure and simple accepts the law of the whole which it finds reigning, so far as to acknowledge and obey... ...cal societies, we have a similar worship of the abstract divine, the moral law believed in as an ultimate object. “Science” in many minds is genuinely... ...only half-metaphoric personifi- cations of those great spheres of abstract law and or- der into which the natural world falls apart—the sky- sphere, t... ...judicious observation as well 95 William James as knowledge of scientific law will convince any one of this fact. Q. What things work most strongly o... ... it increases the dis- ease. We should think that a million of years hence equity, justice, and mental and physical good order will be so fixed and or...

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...might possibly be unpleasing to the feelings of the descendants of the parties. But as he finds an account of the circumstances given in the Notes to Law?s Memorials, by his ingenious friend, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq., and also indicated in his reprint of the Rev. Mr. Symson?s poems appended to the Large Description of Galloway, as the original of the Bride of Lamme...

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...ies. But as he finds an account of the circumstances given in the Notes to Law’s Memorials, by his ingenious friend, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq.,... ...pertinacity equal to his own. She particu- larly insisted on the Levitical law, which declares that a woman shall be free of a vow which her parents d... ...r rank; and strange things sometimes took place there, into which even the law did not scrupulously inquire. The credulous Mr. Law says, generally, th... ...er. His hypothesis is inconsistent with the account given in the note upon Law’s Memorials, but easily reconcil- able to the family tradition. In all ... ...onest in commerce, Just in his dealings, being much adverse From quirks of law, still ready to refer His cause t’ an honest country arbiter. He was ac... ... on receiving the news of the loss of a cause, founded, perhaps, rather in equity than in law, the last which he had maintained against his powerful a... ...f justice, yet it was never my intention to press them beyond the verge of equity.” “My lord,” said the Master of Ravenswood, “it is unneces- sary to ... ... Treaty of Union, to be reviewed by the British House of Peers, a court of equity of which the Lord Keeper felt an instinctive dread. This course came... ...n particular, was menaced with an appeal to the House of Peers, a court of equity, against the judicial sentences, proceeding upon a strict and severe...

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...en into New England, about 1682. The con venticles having been forbidden by law, and frequently dis turbed, induced some considerable men of his acq... ...n. Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into it, except law yers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Ed... ... that sent me back again much sooner than I had intended. I had a brother in law, Robert Holmes, master of a sloop that traded between Boston and Dela... ...c busi ness, and do me every other service in his power. This my brother in law afterwards told me in Boston, but I knew as yet nothing of it; when, ... ... mine. Keimer wore his beard at full length, because somewhere in the Mosaic law it is said, “Thou shalt not mar the corners of thy beard.” He likewis... ...ously sign’d a report that they found the tax had been assess’d with perfect equity. The Assembly looked into my entering into the first part of the e...