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" Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity... "
Commentaries on the Laws of England,: In Four Books - Page 35
by William Blackstone - 1800
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Harvard Law Review, Volume 21

1908 - 714 pages
...coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other ... no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this." 3 But when he comes to apply it to legislation, he retracts. He cannot accept the dicta in Bonham's Case...
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The Chicago Law Times, Volume 2

1888 - 448 pages
...himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It L binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all their force and all their authority, mediately or immediately...
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The Elements of Jurisprudence

Thomas Erskine Holland - 1888 - 448 pages
...himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding all over the globe in all countries and at all times: no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this ; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately...
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Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution

Albert Venn Dicey - 1889 - 464 pages
...himself, is of course superior in " obligation to any other. It is binding over all the " globe, in all countries, and at all times : no human " laws are of any validity if contrary to this; and such " of them as are valid derive all their force and all " their authority, mediately or immediately,...
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Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric: Literally Translated with Hobbes' Analysis ...

Aristotle - 1890 - 540 pages
...will not bear arms injures the commu- ^d-aoL ' nity. other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times : no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this ; and such of them as are Talid derive all their force and all their authority, mediately or immediately,...
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Pulpit and Politics

J. G. Evans - 1891 - 284 pages
...himself, is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding all over the globe, in all countries, and at all times ; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this ; and such of them as are valid derive all their authority mediately or immediately from this original....
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The Most Material Parts of Blackstone's Commentaries, Reduced to Questions ...

John C. Devereux - 1891 - 432 pages
...obligation ? — 41. It is superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times : no human laws are of any validity if contrary to it, and they derive all their force and authority from it. 12. Wliat is revelation ? — 12. Divine...
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Fur Seal Arbitration, Volume 9

Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration - 1893 - 986 pages
...God himself, is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid derive all their force and all their authority, mediately or immediately,...
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Fur-seal Arbitration: Oral Argument of James C. Carter ... on Behalf of the ...

James Coolidge Carter - 1893 - 398 pages
...God himself, is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over the globe, in all countries, and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid derive all their force and all their authoritv, mediately or immediately,...
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Examinations Papers

1893 - 762 pages
...himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately,...
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