A Treatise On The Law Of Prize

Author : Stewart Kyd
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ISBN 13 : 9781331017004
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Awards (Classic Reprint) written by Stewart Kyd and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Awards In the progress of society, a considerable time elapses, after the ideas of property, and of the exclusive rights of the individual, have arisen in the minds of men, before a compulsory system of distributive justice can be completely established. During that unsettled period, every dispute, for the decision of which the passions of the disputants do not prompt them to appeal to the chance of arms, is terminated either by a mutual agreement, the conditions of which are settled by themselves, or by the intervention of their friends; or by a reference to some indifferent person, of whose superior wisdom and equity they have formed a favourable opinion. The security which each party has for performance by the other, in the first mode of settlement, arises partly from the nature of the agreement, which consists perhaps of mutual concessions to be made at the same time, partly from the fear of mutual violence in case of refusal, and partly from that sense of honour and respect for the opinion of others, which in every period of society has a considerable influence over the mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.