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Part I Book I: On law in general: Book II: On laws which derive directly from the nature of the government -This book contained a great deal of information about popular sovereignty. Book III: On the principles of the three governments; Book IV: That laws on education must relate to the principles of the government
The book asserts that the United States prospered because it was established upon universal natural law principles that had been passed down from common law and traditional Judeo-Christian morality, as many of the Founding Fathers had been guided by the Bible, among others. Thus, the book asserts that the U.S. Constitution incorporates ...
The oldest copy of the Rule of Saint Benedict, from the eighth century (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 48, fols. 6v–7r). The Rule of Saint Benedict (Latin: Regula Sancti Benedicti) is a book of precepts written in Latin c. 530 by St. Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.
Violating the perceived intention of the law has been found to affect people's judgments of culpability above and beyond violations of the letter of the law such that (1) a person can violate the letter of the law (but not the spirit) and not incur culpability, (2) a person can violate the spirit of the law and incur culpability, even without violating the letter of the law, and (3) the ...
Q. 92: Of the Effects of Law. 2. IN PARTICULAR. Q. 93: Of the Eternal Law Q. 94: Of the Natural Law Q. 95: Of Human Law Q. 96: Of the Power of Human Law Q. 97: Of Change in Laws Q. 98: Of the Old Law Q. 99: Of the Precepts of the Old Law Q. 100: Of the Moral Precepts of the Old Law Q. 101: Of the Ceremonial Precepts in Themselves
The Spirits' Book (Le Livre des Esprits in French) is part of the Spiritist Codification, and is regarded as one of the five fundamental works on Spiritism. It was published by the French educator Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, under the pen name of Allan Kardec [ 1 ] on April 18, 1857.
The question asked at the beginning is not "What is law?" as one would expect. That is the question of the Platonic dialogue Minos. The dialogue rather proceeds from the question, "who it is that receives credit for creating laws." The questions of the Laws are quite numerous, including: Divine revelation, divine law and law-giving
Cicero then delivers an exposition on the wellspring [clarification needed] of the law, which is the main topic of book one. Cicero argues that law is not a matter of written statutes or lists of regulations, but was deeply ingrained in the human spirit, being an integral part of the human experience (a concept now known as natural law ).