Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- List of manuscript sigla
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I THE FORMATION OF INTEREST
- PART II THE ASSERTION OF JUSTICE
- PART III THE INCIDENCE OF POWER
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix: A note on texts and citations
- Bibliography
- Concordance
- Index
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought Fourth series
PART II - THE ASSERTION OF JUSTICE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- List of manuscript sigla
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I THE FORMATION OF INTEREST
- PART II THE ASSERTION OF JUSTICE
- PART III THE INCIDENCE OF POWER
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix: A note on texts and citations
- Bibliography
- Concordance
- Index
- Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought Fourth series
Summary
Law is the art of the good and the equitable – which is why lawyers have been compared to ministers of sacred precepts – and the good and equitable may not be dispensed with unless there is a great necessity or utility, for what is done according to law is done according to justice.
William Durant, Tractatus Maior 1.4- Type
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- Council and HierarchyThe Political Thought of William Durant the Younger, pp. 113 - 114Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991