Sentence examples for general doctrine from inspiring English sources

There is no general doctrine of humanitarian necessity in international law.

Although their views differed considerably, all of them were advocates of a general doctrine known as sense-data theory.

This general doctrine, definitely stated in Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 U. S. 205, 37 Sup.

The extent to which this is true depends upon the specific character of the contract and not upon the general doctrine.

It is enough for the present purpose, that the case is no authority for the general doctrine, to sustain which it has been so frequently cited.

"The general doctrine then of our Constitution is, that the executive power of the nation is vested in the president," Hamilton wrote in defending George Washington's 1793 Neutrality Proclamation, "subject only to the exceptions and qualifications" in the text itself.

As Disraeli declared after the Reform Bill was enacted, "In a progressive country change is constant; and the great question is not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws, the traditions of the people, or in deference to abstract principles and arbitrary and general doctrines".

Or, as he put it: "In a progressive country, change is constant; and the great question is not whether you should resist change, which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws and traditions of a people, or whether it should be carried out in deference to abstract principles, and arbitrary and general doctrines".

If ethical precepts are to lead to wisdom, they must be reinforced by general doctrines and moral training.

And I don't want any second-rate men". In making such a statement Crane was, to a large extent, following the general doctrines of Hutchins, Adler, and McKeon.

The generals' doctrine would not only violate international law, it repudiates the principle of international law.