Institutes of Natural Law: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on Grotius De Jure Belli Et Pacis |
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... constitution , a question of fact , 296 X. Monarchical constitutions , not more natural than others , 297 XI . Monarchical constitutions , not impossible , 299 XII . Constitutions , not necessarily democratical , 304 316 317 322 325 326 ...
... constitution , a question of fact , 296 X. Monarchical constitutions , not more natural than others , 297 XI . Monarchical constitutions , not impossible , 299 XII . Constitutions , not necessarily democratical , 304 316 317 322 325 326 ...
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... CONSTITUTIONS . I. Three ways in which civil constitutions are liable to be changed , II . Usage may change a civil constitution , V. Constitutions may be changed , upon failure of supreme governors , III . Civil constitutions may be ...
... CONSTITUTIONS . I. Three ways in which civil constitutions are liable to be changed , II . Usage may change a civil constitution , V. Constitutions may be changed , upon failure of supreme governors , III . Civil constitutions may be ...
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... constitution . Voluntary laws , or , as they are sometimes called , positive laws , are those , which mankind are obliged to observe by the immediate will and appointment of a superior . VI . As it is the principal design of the ...
... constitution . Voluntary laws , or , as they are sometimes called , positive laws , are those , which mankind are obliged to observe by the immediate will and appointment of a superior . VI . As it is the principal design of the ...
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... constitution of things , made necessary for us to observe , in order to be happy , these rules are the law of our nature . Now man , as an indi- vidual , unconnected with the creatures of his own species , not joined with them in a ...
... constitution of things , made necessary for us to observe , in order to be happy , these rules are the law of our nature . Now man , as an indi- vidual , unconnected with the creatures of his own species , not joined with them in a ...
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... constitution , excesses of this sort are contrary to his nature and constitution , and consequently are con- trary to the will of that Being , who made his nature and constitution what they are . And since the same excesses interfere ...
... constitution , excesses of this sort are contrary to his nature and constitution , and consequently are con- trary to the will of that Being , who made his nature and constitution what they are . And since the same excesses interfere ...
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