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Page 162
By the civil power we mean " that power which governs what in latin is called
civitas , in : : english a state , a nation or a civil community . And by a nation or
civil community , we mean a complete or perfect society of men , who are in
possession ...
By the civil power we mean " that power which governs what in latin is called
civitas , in : : english a state , a nation or a civil community . And by a nation or
civil community , we mean a complete or perfect society of men , who are in
possession ...
Page 236
We may observe by the way , that no person can inflict 6 any punishment less
than death by his own separate right , under the notion of a failure of civil
jurisdiction in fact • for the present inftant . For if the punisher had the criminal • so
much in ...
We may observe by the way , that no person can inflict 6 any punishment less
than death by his own separate right , under the notion of a failure of civil
jurisdiction in fact • for the present inftant . For if the punisher had the criminal • so
much in ...
Page 237
A civil society therefore has a ( right , by its common understanding , , thus to
guide itself and its several members . And since the legislative power of fuch
fociety confifts in this right , it follows , that whatever is necessary or conducive to
the ...
A civil society therefore has a ( right , by its common understanding , , thus to
guide itself and its several members . And since the legislative power of fuch
fociety confifts in this right , it follows , that whatever is necessary or conducive to
the ...
Page 303
Doctrines profefied by the worst of all factions , a faction which , contrary to all
others , acts and argues against its own emolument and preservation . , * He
exhibits a short view of the several ways in which the authority of the civil
governors of a ...
Doctrines profefied by the worst of all factions , a faction which , contrary to all
others , acts and argues against its own emolument and preservation . , * He
exhibits a short view of the several ways in which the authority of the civil
governors of a ...
Page 304
He proves , in opposition to Grotius , that the people have a right to resist civil
governors who are in actual possession of fupreme power . Supremacy of civil
power does not imply , that they who are poffessed of it , have a right to do
whatever ...
He proves , in opposition to Grotius , that the people have a right to resist civil
governors who are in actual possession of fupreme power . Supremacy of civil
power does not imply , that they who are poffessed of it , have a right to do
whatever ...
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