单词 | public policy |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic policy public policy n. (a) policy, esp. of government, that relates to or affects the public as a whole; social policy; (b) Law the principle that prospective injury to the public good is a basis for refusing to enforce a contract which would otherwise be valid. ΚΠ ?1556 E. P. in tr. T. Cranmer Confut. Verities Pref. sig. C.iiii (margin) Priuate commodite, and Popishe sutteltie ouercame good publike policie and brought in tirannye. 1689 N. Bacon Hist. & Polit. Disc. Laws & Govt. Eng. x. 57 I will not touch upon every particular, but onely upon two, which reflect somewhat upon the publick Policy; the one touching the course of Inheritance.., the other touching pleading in the Courts of Civil Justice. 1770 G. Wilson Rep. Cases King's Courts 1 230 This court constantly sets aside such bargains, upon the principles of public policy. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 457/2 There are contracts which ought to be declared void for reasons of public policy, or, to use a more correct expression.., reasons of public utility. 1973 I. M. Sinclair Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties v. 110 The gradual establishment in common law jurisdictions of the principle that certain types of contract are, by their very nature, injurious to society and therefore contrary to public policy. 1998 Independent 13 Jan. i. 16/2 A new ‘affluence test’, under which women at work might lose their maternity pay unless they could prove that they need it, would introduce an extraordinary and dangerous new principle into public policy. < as lemmas |
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