...frequently approved Lord Brougham's definition of public policy, as the principle which declares that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public welfare. But the notion as to what is injurious to the public welfare at one time may not accord with...

...easy to give a precise definition of public policy. It is perhaps correct to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can...which has a tendency to be' injurious to the public or against the public good, which may be designated, as it sometimes has been, the policy of the law...

...statutes, and embraces not only their letter, but their general purpose and spirit as well ; it is that principle of law which holds that no person can...do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the publie, or against the public good as ascertained or measured by the settled policy of the state or...

...meant by public policy, and we find that it is that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good, which may be termed the policy of the law, or public policy in relation...

...have noted that all workers, including all researchers, are bound to obey the rule "that no citizen can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public order," even when his employers or clients direct him to do so.45 Summarizing...

...of Lords identified the public policy notion as "that principle of law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public, or against the public good."176 In the context of enforcement of foreign awards it has been just as...

...policy concept is vague but characterized it as "that principle of law which holds that no citizen can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good."481 The court easily concluded that allowing an employer to dismiss an...