 | 1836 - 464 pages
...for personal liberty or private pi iperty, for the protection whereof the government was established. An act of the legislature, contrary to the great first principles of the social compact, a * be considered a rightful exercise of legislative authority. •annot The obligation of a law, in... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Crime - 1917 - 1012 pages
...apparent and flagrant abuse of legislative power; as to authorize manifest injustice by positive laws; or take away that security for personal liberty, or private property, for the protection whereof the government was established. An act of the legislature (for I cannot call it a law), contrary... | |
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There are certain vital principles in our free republican governments, which will determine and overrule an apparent and flagrant abuse of legislative power; as to authorize manifest injustice by positive law; or to take away that security for personal... 
