Society
group · 3 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
society · the public · mankind · men, naturally independent
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An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
The collective body of people who, by mutual compact, surrender part of their natural liberty in exchange for security, and in whose name laws and punishments are established.
No man ever gave up his liberty merely for the good of the public.
Thus it was necessity that forced men to give up a part of their liberty;
Laws are the conditions under which men, naturally independent, united themselves in society.
The Law of Intellectual Property
The collective public claimed by objectors to hold rights in ideas once those ideas become known.
and the consequence will be that very many of them will perish unused.
It is said that society have rights in ideas, that have been once made known to them;
The primary assumption here is, “that society have rights in ideas once made known to them.
Law in a Free State
The collective body of society, described as standing in potential conflict with the individual.
” When Society and the Individual differ, each must try to overpower the other if possible.