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" Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control ; for the judge would then be the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and oppression. "
The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and ... - Page 108
1796
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The spirit of laws. Transl. 1st Amer. ed, Volume 1

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1802 - 378 pages
...life and liberty of the fubjeft would be expofed to arbitrary control ; for the judge would then be the legiflator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with all the violence of an oppreffor. There would be an end of every thing, were the fame man, or the fame...
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The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best ..., Volume 2

William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1809 - 608 pages
...of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control : for the judge would be then the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and oppression." There was another authority to which he would appeal, and of which the value would not...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 17

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...the citizens would be exposed " to arbitrary comroul ; for the Judge " would then be legislator : and were it " joined to the executive power, the Judge "might behave with all the violence of " an oppressor." Montesquieu has pretty plainly described the mischiefs arising...
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Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 17

Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...the citizens would be exposed " to arbitrary comroul ; for the Judge " would then be legislator : and were it " joined to the executive power, the Judge " might behave with all the violence of " an oppressor." Montesquieu has pretty plainly described the mischiefs arising...
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The County and Town Officer: Or, A Concise View of the Duties and Offices of ...

John Tappen - Forms (Law) - 1816 - 392 pages
...joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitiary control. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with ell the violence of an oppressor. There would be an end of every thing, were the same man, or the same...
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The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, by Mr ...

James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional law - 1818 - 882 pages
...the subject would be exposed to " arbitrary control, for the judge would then be the " legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, " the judge might behave with all the violence of an " oppressor." Some of these reasons are more fully explained in other passages...
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The Spirit of Laws, Volumes 1-2

Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Jurisprudence - 1823 - 810 pages
...of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control ; for the judge would be then the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and oppression. There would be an end of every thing, were the same man, or the same body, whether of the...
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Paley's Moral and Political Philosophy

William Paley - Ethics - 1835 - 324 pages
...; and be influenced in all his acts by his partialities rather than by the fixed rules of justice. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with all the violence of an oppressor." Consequently, where the three powers are not properly separated,...
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - Constitutional history - 1837 - 516 pages
...of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control, for " the judge would then be the legislator. Were it joined to the " executive power, the judge might behave with all the violence " of an oppressor." Some of these reasons are more fully explained in other passages...
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American Criminal Trials, Volume 2

Peleg Whitman Chandler - Crime - 1844 - 410 pages
...of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control ; for the judge would then be the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and oppression. There would be an end to everything, were the same man, or the same body, whether of the...
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