 | John Lewis - 1890 - 816 Seiten
...state. Academy v. Sullivan, 116 111. 375 ; 6 NE Rep'r, 183. By chapter 28 of our Revised Statutes, it is provided that " the common law of England, so far...This principle owes its existence to the very sources from which the common law is supplied. Greenh. Pub. Pol. 2, 3. The common lasv will not permit individuals... | |
 | Floyd Russell Mechem - 1890 - 904 Seiten
...says a writer upon that subject, is intended that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good, which may be termed the policy of the law, or pnblio policy in relation to the administration of the... | |
 | New South Wales. Supreme Court - 1890 - 874 Seiten
...''public policy." He says, " ' public policy ' is that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good." Now, in the case before us the action is brought to recover a sum of money promised to the plaintiff... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1890 - 1000 Seiten
...public policy, says: "By public policy is intended that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public good, which may be termed the policy of the law, or public policy in relation to the administration of the... | |
 | Ontario. Court of Appeal, James Stewart Tupper, Richard Scougall Cassels - 1890 - 590 Seiten
...Public policy, in relation to this question, is that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public good, which may be termed, as it sometimes has been, the policy of the law, or public policy in relation... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1891 - 1034 Seiten
...considered of full force until repealed by legislative authority." Public policy is that principle of the law which holds that no subject or citizen can lawfully...This principle owes its existence to the very sources from which the common law is supplied: Greenhood on Public Policy, 2, 3. The common law will not permit... | |
 | David Sutherland - 1892 - 732 Seiten
...would give no assistance to the enforcement of a contract opposed to public policy, and no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. There being no Indian precedent bearing on the subject, the plaintiff desired a reference under section... | |
 | 1901 - 822 Seiten
...he was appretended, convicted, and executed. It is well settled that no one can lawfully contract to do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. Can there be a legal life insurance against the miscarriage of justice? Can contracts be based on the... | |
 | Michel Mathieu - 1893 - 534 Seiten
...to public policy," reference is made to that principle of law, in accordance with which no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public good ; which may be termed, as it sometimes has been, the policy of the law or public policy, in relation... | |
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It is perhaps correct .to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good... 
