“If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to set the judicial power above that of the legislature, which would be subversive of all government.” IfsDoneGovernmentWould BeLibertyJudgingRejectionRejectsPositivelyLegislatureJudicialSubversiveJudicial Power Author:William Blackstone
“Man must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator. This will of his Maker is called the Law of Nature. This Law of Nature is superior to any other. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this.” IfsMenHumansLawSubjectsCreatorContrarySuperiorsMakersLaws Of NatureValidity Author:William Blackstone
“THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original.” IfsHumansCountryGodLawCoursesForceMankindAuthorityOriginalsContraryObligationSuperiorsAll TimeGlobesLaws Of NatureNatural LawBindingValidity Book:The Sovereignty of the Law: Selections from Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England Source: The Sovereignty of the Law: Selections from Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England
“The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press: but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.” IfsMatterStatesLibertyPleaseEssentialsConsequencePressesLaysCriminalsIllegalSentimentsRestraintPublishPublicationFreedom Of The PressCensureFreemanMischievousFree State Book:Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work Source: Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work
