The Three Powers of Government. The Origin of the United States; and the Status of the Southern States, on the Suppression of the Rebelion. The Three Dangers of the Republic: Lectures Delivered in the Law School of Harvard College, and in Dartmouth College, 1867-68, and '69Hurd and Houghton, 1869 - 108 páginas |
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... punishing a person for an act which was against no rule , and therefore innocent when it was done , or depriving a person of his property , according to the will of the party ex- ercising the authority at the time - may be exercised by ...
... punishing a person for an act which was against no rule , and therefore innocent when it was done , or depriving a person of his property , according to the will of the party ex- ercising the authority at the time - may be exercised by ...
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... punished . This is , in its nature , an ex post facto law , which is promulgated , and sentence rendered , and carried into execution forthwith , by an order which forms part of the trans- action , and may be deemed to be an exercise of ...
... punished . This is , in its nature , an ex post facto law , which is promulgated , and sentence rendered , and carried into execution forthwith , by an order which forms part of the trans- action , and may be deemed to be an exercise of ...
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... punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted , shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts ; to sue , be parties , and give evidence ; to in- herit ...
... punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted , shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts ; to sue , be parties , and give evidence ; to in- herit ...
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... punishment of offences , either of soldiers or civilians , unless in cases of a controlling necessity , which justifies what it compels , or at least insures acts of indemnity from the justice of the legislature . " We by no means ...
... punishment of offences , either of soldiers or civilians , unless in cases of a controlling necessity , which justifies what it compels , or at least insures acts of indemnity from the justice of the legislature . " We by no means ...
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... punish as a wrongful act , is not a necessity which the Constitution can recognize . - And what is this indemnity thus spoken of ? Not merely a provision of a pecuniary character , to reimburse the expense and loss to which those who ...
... punish as a wrongful act , is not a necessity which the Constitution can recognize . - And what is this indemnity thus spoken of ? Not merely a provision of a pecuniary character , to reimburse the expense and loss to which those who ...
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Página 8 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Página 21 - States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property...
Página 32 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Página 47 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 9 - Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty 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.
Página 9 - There would be an end of everything, were the same man or the same body, whether of the nobles or of the people, to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals.
Página 104 - That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder, and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals...
Página 105 - That when the people of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition...
Página 21 - They enact thai all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as Is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Página 105 - That, until the people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States, any civil governments which may exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modify, control, or supersede the same...