The Reasonableness of the Law: The Adaptability of Legal Sanctions to the Needs of SocietyG. P. Putnam's sons, 1924 - 400 páginas |
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... territorial areas along the Atlantic coast , which were claimed by the crown by right of discovery , and authorizing the establishment of dependent governments . At a later period similar grants authorizing the creation of 1 Idem ...
... territorial areas along the Atlantic coast , which were claimed by the crown by right of discovery , and authorizing the establishment of dependent governments . At a later period similar grants authorizing the creation of 1 Idem ...
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... territorial governments , and by Enabling Acts has admitted to the Union new States with written con- stitutions . Also some of the member States of the Union have themselves adopted new and improved constitutions . Colonial Governments ...
... territorial governments , and by Enabling Acts has admitted to the Union new States with written con- stitutions . Also some of the member States of the Union have themselves adopted new and improved constitutions . Colonial Governments ...
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... territory , in the same manner as in those held by the crown within the realm of England , subject to the public use , according to the rules of the com- mon law . But as it was held that the king , by virtue of his prerogative , had ...
... territory , in the same manner as in those held by the crown within the realm of England , subject to the public use , according to the rules of the com- mon law . But as it was held that the king , by virtue of his prerogative , had ...
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... territory not possessed by individuals , in the following comprehensive words : " In which said general courts shall consist the entire power of the commonwealth , and they 132 Connecticut Rep . , 131 , 136 . only shall have power to ...
... territory not possessed by individuals , in the following comprehensive words : " In which said general courts shall consist the entire power of the commonwealth , and they 132 Connecticut Rep . , 131 , 136 . only shall have power to ...
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... of deliberation thereon , and eight [ sic ] days before the Declaration of Independence by the Congress of the United States . The Territorial Governments . Congress has from time to time BASIS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS 19.
... of deliberation thereon , and eight [ sic ] days before the Declaration of Independence by the Congress of the United States . The Territorial Governments . Congress has from time to time BASIS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS 19.
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Página 343 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 386 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Página 385 - SECTION. 3. * New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Página 356 - If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. So if a law be in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution, or conformably to the constitution, disregarding the law, the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
Página 16 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
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Página 81 - Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited; but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the fourteenth amendment.
Página 84 - The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics. . . . Some of these laws embody convictions or prejudices which judges are likely to share. Some may not. But a constitution is not intended to embody a particular economic theory, whether of paternalism and the organic relation of the citizen to the State or of laissez jaire. It is made for people of fundamentally differing views...
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