The Universal Law Of The Land

Author : Johann Gottlieb Heineccius
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ISBN 13 : 9781331168423
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book A Methodical System of Universal Law, Vol. 1 written by Johann Gottlieb Heineccius and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Methodical System of Universal Law, Vol. 1: Or the Laws of Nature and Nations, Deduced From Certain Principles, and Applied to Proper Cases The author of this system of the law of nature and nations is so well known, and in so high esteem in the republic of letters, that it would be arrogance in me to fay any thing in recommendation of his works. Nor need I make any apology for translating into our language so excellent a book upon a subject of such universal importance. For the knowledge of justice and equity must be owned to be necessary in some degree to every one; but to those, in a particular manner, whose birth and fortunes afford them time and means, and call upon them to qualify themselves for the higher stations in civil society. Man, and the rights and duties of man, are certainly the most proper objects of human study in general. And surely Socrates had reason to say, "That if no man can be fit to undertake a trade, how mean and mechanical soever, without having been educated to it, and bestowed some considerable time upon the learning of it, it must be absurd to think one can be qualified for discharging public trusts and duties, without having taken great pains to instruct themselves in the principles of equity, the ends and interests of civil society, and the nature, spirit, and intention of laws," I shall only add, that every science hath its elements; and this treatise at least well deserves to be called an excellent introduction to the science of laws. As fir the notes and supplements I have added, how far they are necessary, I must leave it to the reader to judge. The greater part of them relates to one question, viz. The origine of civil government, which hath not been set in its true light by any other writer besides him from whom the illustration of this point is here borrowed. 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.