Commentaries on American Law, 1. köideW. Kent, 1854 |
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... equally suitable to the government of individuals in a state of natural equality , and to the relations and conduct of nations ; of a collection of usages , customs and opinions , the growth of civilization and commerce ; and of a code ...
... equally suitable to the government of individuals in a state of natural equality , and to the relations and conduct of nations ; of a collection of usages , customs and opinions , the growth of civilization and commerce ; and of a code ...
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... equally binding in every age , and upon all mankind . But the Christian nations of Europe , and their descendants on this side of the Atlantic , by the vast superi- ority of their attainments in arts , and science , and commerce , as ...
... equally binding in every age , and upon all mankind . But the Christian nations of Europe , and their descendants on this side of the Atlantic , by the vast superi- ority of their attainments in arts , and science , and commerce , as ...
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... equally disposed to acknowledge the authority of the works of jurists , writing professedly on public law , and the binding force of the general usage and practice of nations , and the still greater respect due to judicial decisions ...
... equally disposed to acknowledge the authority of the works of jurists , writing professedly on public law , and the binding force of the general usage and practice of nations , and the still greater respect due to judicial decisions ...
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... equally justifiable was the interference of the Eu- ropean powers of France , Great Britain and Russia , in favour of the Greeks , against the Ottoman Porte , by the treaty for the pacification of Greece , concluded by those three ...
... equally justifiable was the interference of the Eu- ropean powers of France , Great Britain and Russia , in favour of the Greeks , against the Ottoman Porte , by the treaty for the pacification of Greece , concluded by those three ...
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... equally entitled to the sovereign rights of war as against each other . This was also the judicial doctrine of the Supreme Court , derived from the policy of the government , and seems to have been regarded as a principle of interna ...
... equally entitled to the sovereign rights of war as against each other . This was also the judicial doctrine of the Supreme Court , derived from the policy of the government , and seems to have been regarded as a principle of interna ...
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Page 509 - To avoid improper influences which may result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page ii - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Page 297 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President. if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of...
Page 330 - L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners ; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought and a citizen of another State.
Page 500 - 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.
Page 652 - States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Page 326 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 499 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Page 43 - ... provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 627 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.