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VOW AND CONTRACT
- Introduction
A Commitment to Economic Liberty
Laws Impairing the Obligations of Contracts
Liberty of Contract
The Sanctity of Promises
Promises: Law and Love
Conclusion
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1. C. Becker, The Declaration of Independence (1959), 60-61.
2. Isaiah 40:28 and 1 Peter 4:19.
3. 1 Samuel 8:5.
4. Deuteronomy 17:14-20.
5. See, 1 Samuel 8:11-18.
6. 1 Samuel 10:24.
7. Genesis 2:7.
8. Revelation 22:1.
9. John 1:1-4.
10. Genesis 9:5-6.
11. Ecclesiastes 12:6-7
12. 1 Timothy 2:1-2.
13. Genesis 9:6.
14. See, Genesis 3:1-13.
15. Revelation 22:17.
16. Isaiah 61:1.
17. Galatians 5:1.
18. 2 Peter 2:19.
19. 2 Corinthians 3:17.
20. Psalms 1:1; 32:1-2, 34:8; 89:5; 128:1.
21. Matthew 5:3,7,9.
22. Proverbs 8:34-35.
23. Cf. Romans 13:4(a).
24. Ecclesiastes 3:13.
25. Ecclesiastes 5:18-19.
26. Genesis 1:28.
27. R. Perry, ed., Sources of Our Liberties (1972), 429.
28. U.S. Const., art. I, § 10.
29. Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. 213 (1827), at 346.
30. Allgeyer v. Louisiana, 165 U.S. 578 (1897), at 589.
31. Id., citing Butcher's Union Slaughterhouse Co. v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing Co., 111 U.S. 746, at 762.
32. H. Grotius, On the Law of War and Peace (1625), as translated by A.C. Campbell, at 117.
33. Id., at ___.
34. E. De Vattel, The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law, Bk. 2 163 (1758).
35. Id., at ___.
36. Ecclesiastes 5:4.
37. See, Joshua 9:19-20 and Judges 11:30,39.
38. Proverbs 20:25.
39. Psalm 15:1-5.
40. Deuteronomy 23:23.
41. Genesis 21:22-32.
42. Genesis 26:26-31.
43. Genesis 24:1-9.
44. Genesis 25:29-34.
45. Joshua 2:8-21.
46. Joshua 9:15, 10:5-7.
47. Delaware Declaration of Rights, Sept. 11, 1776, Sect. 12.
48. Deuteronomy 23:22.
49. Psalm 15:4.
50. Ecclesiastes 5:5.
51. Aluminum Co. Of America v. Essex Group (1980).
52. Leviticus 19:15.
53. Matthew 6:33. Cf. Proverbs 13:21(b).
54. Ecclesiastes 5:4.
55. Proverbs 10:2(a).
56. Proverbs 28:22.
57. Romans 13:4(a).
58. Amos 5:12 (bribery); Exodus 20:13 (murder).
59. See, Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:3-6.
60. See, 1 Corinthians 6:16.
61. Genesis 1:26,28.
62. See, Ecclesiastes 9:11.
63. Marvin v. Marvin, 18 Cal.3d 660 (1976).
64. See, Genesis 2:17-18 and 3.
65. Galatians 6:7-8(a).
66. Galatians 6:8(b)-9.
67. Ogden v. Saunders, dissenting opinion, 25 U.S. (12 Wheat.) 213, 6 L.Ed 606 (1827).
68. Leviticus 25:35-37.
69. G. North,
70. Deuteronomy 15:7-11 and Leviticus 25:35-36.
71. Deuteronomy 15:7-8.
72. Deuteronomy 15:10.
73. Proverbs 22:16.
74. Proverbs 28:27.
75. Deuteronomy 28:1-2,15.
