Πᾶς ἐστὶ νόμος εὕρημα μὲν καὶ δῶρον Θεῶν. -DEMOSTHENES. "Das eine Gesetzbuch des Rechts ist die Göttliche Weltordnung." -KRAUSE. "All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory." -BURKE. Μόνον γὰρ μόνιμον τὸ κατ' ἀξίαν ἴσον, καὶ τὸ ἔχειν τὰ αὐτῶν. ARISTOTLE. "The unfettered multitude is not dearer to me than the unfettered king.” - CHANNING. THE INSTITUTES OF LAW A TREATISE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF JURISPRUDENCE AS DETERMINED BY NATURE BY JAMES LORIMER ADVOCATE, REGIUS PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC LAW AND OF THE LAW OF NATURE AND OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXXX All Rights reserved TO THE DEAN AND FACULTY OF ADVOCATES IN SCOTLAND, AND THROUGH THEM TO THE WIDE FRATERNITY OF JURISTS IN OTHER LANDS, THIS ATTEMPT TO VINDICATE THE NECESSARY CHARACTER OF JURISPRUDENCE BY EXHIBITING IT AS A BRANCH OF THE SCIENCE OF NATURE, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THEIR LOYAL AND AFFECTIONATE BROTHER, THE AUTHOR. |