 | 1914 - 1380 Seiten
...687. "Lord Brougham defined 'public policy' as that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the pnbllc or against the public good, which may be term-' ed the policy of the law, or public policy in... | |
 | James McSherry, Nicholas Charles Burke - 1914 - 428 Seiten
...be found. Speaking generally, the principle which holds that no one can lawfully do that which his a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public good, may be termed the policy of the law, or public policy in relation to the administration of the law.... | |
 | 1914 - 1290 Seiten
...108.«] 2. CONTRACTS (8 108*)— LEGALITY— "PUBLIC POLICY." The principles which hold that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public gond may be termed the policy of the law, or "public policy," in relation to the administration of... | |
 | 1901 - 1168 Seiten
...he was apprehended, 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... | |
 | 1909 - 1166 Seiten
...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, which müy be designated, as It sometimes has been, the policy of the law or public policy in relation... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - 1928 - 274 Seiten
...tendency to the violation of a positive duty." And Lord Truro in Edgerton v. Brownloiv said "No subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good." Our own Supreme Court in Marshall v. B. & 0. RR Co. (16 How. 314) declared: "Public policy and sound... | |
 | 1926 - 1636 Seiten
...the prohibited contracts, upon the ground that they are against public policy, are those which have "a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good," and that their validity is determined by their general tendency at the time they are made, and, if... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1890 - 788 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...considered of full force until repealed by legislative authority."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, pages 2 and 3). The common law... | |
 | 1926 - 1626 Seiten
...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, which may be designated, 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... 
