the law of nature

1. Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England A. V. Dicey 1 authority 1 citation

   ch. 21

   The law of nature is cited as the authority French reformers relied on to condemn noble privilege, and the passage argues it functioned in practice as another name for the same expediency utility names.

   A French reformer would have alleged that they were opposed to the law of nature.

2. An Essay on the Trial by Jury Lysander Spooner 1 authority 1 citation

   appendix.↩, taxation.↩

   Natural law is invoked alongside the Common Law as an authoritative basis for the consent-to-taxation principle.

   It was a principle of the Common Law, as it is of the law of nature, and of common sense, that no man can be taxed without his personal consent.

3. The Law of Intellectual Property Lysander Spooner 1 authority 1 citation · 4 passages

   ch. 1 · ch. 6 2 passages anchored here · ch. 8

   The entire argument is explicitly framed as an exposition of principles found in the law of nature.

   In order to understand the law of nature in regard to intellectual property, it is necessary to understand the principles of that law in regard to property in general.

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