On Civil Liberty and Self-government, 1. köideR. Bentley, 1853 - 552 pages |
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... rule . If this definition really defined civil liberty , it would have been enjoyed in a high degree by those communities in the middle ages , in which con- stant changes of factions , and persecutions of the weaker parties were taking ...
... rule . If this definition really defined civil liberty , it would have been enjoyed in a high degree by those communities in the middle ages , in which con- stant changes of factions , and persecutions of the weaker parties were taking ...
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... rule of the majority , or it has been said , where the people rule there is liberty . The rule of the majority , of itself , indicates the power of a certain body ; but power is not liberty . Suppose the majority bid you drink hem- lock ...
... rule of the majority , or it has been said , where the people rule there is liberty . The rule of the majority , of itself , indicates the power of a certain body ; but power is not liberty . Suppose the majority bid you drink hem- lock ...
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... rule itself , or that it have what the Greeks chiefly meant by the word autonomy.2 The term state , We find free , fry , fryg , vry , in many languages , and Hesychius gives as a Lydian word βρίγα — τὸν ἐλευθερόν , from which the name ...
... rule itself , or that it have what the Greeks chiefly meant by the word autonomy.2 The term state , We find free , fry , fryg , vry , in many languages , and Hesychius gives as a Lydian word βρίγα — τὸν ἐλευθερόν , from which the name ...
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... rules of evidence , the publicity of the trial , the accusatorial ( and not the inquisitorial ) process , the certainty of the law to be applied , together with speed and utter impartiality , and an absolute verdict . It is moreover ...
... rules of evidence , the publicity of the trial , the accusatorial ( and not the inquisitorial ) process , the certainty of the law to be applied , together with speed and utter impartiality , and an absolute verdict . It is moreover ...
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... rule been wrested from the Indians and sold for the benefit of the states , and direct taxation exists in most ... rules of action expressing public will . Whether the name of law be given to personal decrees and arbitrary decisions , is ...
... rule been wrested from the Indians and sold for the benefit of the states , and direct taxation exists in most ... rules of action expressing public will . Whether the name of law be given to personal decrees and arbitrary decisions , is ...
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Page 454 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states ; fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 453 - ... same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined, as near as may be, in the same manner as is before prescribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction between different states.
Page 467 - 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...
Page 452 - ... the United States in congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states, within the time agreed upon by the United States in congress assembled. AET. IX. The United States in congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 467 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. 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...
Page 449 - If any person, guilty of or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor, or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 446 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 459 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION 4. >The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Page 449 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in congress assembled.
Page 439 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, for other time and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament.