 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...  The American Federationist - Page 1921898Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1921 - 510 pages
...often approved Lord Brogham'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. This principle it has been said, may be termed the policy of the law, or public policy, in... | |
 | Appleton Morgan - Contempt of court - 1875 - 538 pages
...principle of the common law that nihil quod est inconveniens est licitum^ or, as Lord Truro stated it, " No subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public good, which may be termed, as it sometimes has been, ' the policy of the law/ " 2 and therefore the... | |
 | John William Smith - Conflict of laws - 1878 - 596 pages
...particular law as a key to open its construction. At other times these expressions indicate a principle of law, which holds that no subject can lawfully do that...be injurious to the public, or against the public good.(z') If this be understood as the public good, recognised and protected by the most general maxims... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 2042 pages
...he was apprehended, convicted, and executed. It is well settled that no one can lawfully contract to do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good. Can there be a legal life insurance against the miscarriage of justice? Can con-> tracts be based on... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1164 pages
...its judicial decisions. "Public policy," said Lord Brougham, "is that principle of the law which hold that no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency...injurious to the public, or against the public good." Says Mr. Noyés: "A more precise definition cannot well be stated. Although the fundamental principles... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 566 pages
...of Justice would give no assistance to the enforcement of a contract opposed to public policy, and no subject can lawfully do that which has a tendency...'.injurious to the public or against the public good. There being no Indian precedent bearing on the subject, the plaintiff desired a reference under a.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1164 pages
...state or the public. 'Public policy is that principle of law which holds that no eubject or citizen can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good.' " Many cases are cited by counsel for the respondents which hold that Illegal or Immoral contracts... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 1148 pages
...is drawn in question here. [1, 2] Public policy is that principle of law which holds that no citizen can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be Injurious to C=Kur otbor cases see urn* topic and KEY-NUMBER In all Key -Numbered Digests and Index«* (188 P.)... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 956 pages
...policy, which has sometimes been de(USA.) "That principle of 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." Wakefield v. Van Tassell, 202 11l. 41, 66 NE 830, 65 LR A. 511, 95 Am. St. Rep. 207; 'Consumers' Oil... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1166 pages
...108.*] 2. CONTRACTS (§ 108*)— LEGALITY— "PUBLIC POLICY." The principles which hold that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public Rood may be termed the policy of the law, or "public policy," in relation to the administration of... | |
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