Government
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also in the atlas: Government the idea
government · the government · governments · the political corporation · the state
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1 expressionThe Government2 mentions
An Essay on the Trial by Jury (English) · The Law of Intellectual Property (English)
The force and justice of the preceding argument cannot be evaded by saying that the government is chosen by the people;
in the texts
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
The political authority whose power the trial by jury is meant to limit
This reason is worthy of the doctrine it is used to uphold;
The second reason that has been offered for the doctrine that ignorance of the law excuses no one, is this:
This reason impliedly admits that ignorance of the law is, intrinsically, an ample and sufficient excuse for a crime;
The Law of Intellectual Property
The governing authority discussed in relation to its inability or unwillingness to confiscate a deceased person's property.
And if the property have no rightful owner, it perhaps ought to go to the public, and to the government as the representative of, and trustee for, the public.
The universal nature of mankind, and their nearly or quite universal conduct, throughout life, and in their latest moments of reason, furnish so strong evidence that such is the will of all men, in regard to their property, that governments dare not disregard it—dare not confiscate the property of a deceased person, who left relatives living within any reasonable limit of consanguinity.
A man, who has converted wild land into a productive farm, should be allowed to enjoy that farm only until the government thinks he is reasonably paid for his labor.
Natural Law, or the Science of Justice
Organized political authority, portrayed in the passage as originating from bands of conquerors and existing to keep classes of men in subjection.
But all this they can do only by establishing what they call a government, and making what they call laws.
And the real motives and spirit which lie at the foundation of all legislation—notwithstanding all the pretences and disguises by which they attempt to hide themselves—are the same to-day as they always have been.
If justice be not a natural principle, governments (so-called) have no more right or reason to take cognizance of it, or to pretend or profess to take cognizance of it, than they have to take cognizance, or to pretend or profess to take cognizance, of any other nonentity;