| Great Britain. Parliament - 1830 - 724 pagine
...that hath the executive power, to be ordered by him as the public good and advantage shall require. This power to act according to discretion, for the public good, without the prescription of law, and sometimes even against it, is that which is called prerogative." Locke did not stop there,... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1839 - 422 pagine
...dangerous latitude for a constitutional monarchy. 97. Prerogative he defines to be " a power of acting according to discretion for the public good without...prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it." This however is not by any means a good definition in the eyes of a lawyer ; and the word, being merely... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1841 - 408 pagine
...his Essay on Civil Government, calls arbitrary power by the name prerogative. "The power (he says) to act according to discretion for the public good,...against it, is that which is called prerogative." — (Part II. $ 1GO.) Again : " Prerogative can be nothing but the people's permitting their rulers... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1841 - 418 pagine
...his Essay on Civil Government, calls arbitrary power by the name prerogative. "The power (he says) to act according to discretion for the public good,...sometimes even against it, is that which is called prerogative."—(Part II. $ 160.) Again: " Prerogative can be nothing but the people's permitting their... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1842 - 484 pagine
...constitutional monarchy. 97. Prerogative he defines to be " a power of acting according to discretion I for the public good without the prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it." This, however, is not by any means a good definition in the eyes of a lawyer ; and the word, being... | |
| Robert Blakey - 1855 - 244 pagine
...annihilated in England, by the late Reform Bill. Locke defines prerogative to be "A power of acting according to discretion for the public good, without...prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it." The reader will find the author's observations on this subject in his eleventh chapter ; but the reasonings... | |
| Robert Blakey - 1855 - 482 pagine
...annihilated in England, by the late Eeform Bill. Locke defines prerogative to be " A power of acting according to discretion for the public good, without...prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it." The reader will find the author's observations on this subject in his eleventh chapter ; but the reasonings... | |
| Robert Blakey - 1855 - 472 pagine
...annihilated in England, by the late Eeform Bill. Locke defines prerogative to be "A power of acting according to discretion for the public good, without...prescription of the law, and sometimes even against it." The reader will find the author's observations on this subject in his eleventh chapter ; but the reasonings... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pagine
...it can prove no prejudice to the innocent. This power to act according to discretion for the pnblii good, without the prescription of the law, and sometimes...against it, is that which is called Prerogative ; for «mixin some governments the law-making power is not always in being, and is usually too numerous,... | |
| John Locke - 1884 - 332 pagine
...as may be, even the guilty are to be spared where it can prove no prejudice to the innocent. 1 60. This power to act according to discretion for the...even against it, is that which is called prerogative ; ibr since in some governments the law making power is not always in being and is . usually too numerous,... | |
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