 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1914
...than the mere terms of the statute or statutes, and embraces their general purpose and spirit; it 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 as ascertained or measured by the settled policy of the state or government,... | |
 | 1914
...687. "Lord Brougham defined 'public policy' as that principle of the law which holds that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the pnbllc or against the public good, which may be term-' ed the policy of the law, or public policy in... | |
 | Nathan Boone Williams - 1914 - 480 σελίδες
...law of the State. Public policy ii that principle of the law which holds that no subject or citizen can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to Ihe publi> 'T against the public good. This principle owes its existence to the vprv sources from which... | |
 | Claude Perrin Berry - 1915 - 657 σελίδες
...the court said: "Public policy is that principle of the law which holds that no subject or citizen can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. The public policy of the State of Dlinois in respect to the liquor traffic... | |
 | Marshall Davis Ewell - 1915
...construction. At other times these expressions indicate a 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. If this be understood as the public good, recognized and protected by the... | |
 | 1915
...decisions have said: "By 'public policy' is intended 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'." Another court has said that:... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - 1915
...policy says, "By 'public policy' is intended 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... | |
 | 1916
...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. (Egerton v. Earl Brownlow, 4 HL Cas. 1, 235.) This principle lias been termed the policy of... | |
 | Maine. Public Utilities Commission - 1916
...against public policy. By "public policy" is meant 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. As was said in Beasly v. Texas & PR Co., 191 US 492: "But the very meaning... | |
 | United States. Public Health Service - 1916 - 192 σελίδες
...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. (Egerton v. Earl Brownlow, 4 HL Gas. 1, 235.) This principle has been termed the policy of... | |
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It is perhaps correct to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be' injurious to the public or against the public good, which may be designated, as it sometimes has been,... 
