 | Joseph Blunt - 1830 - 646 sider
...the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself...of any legislative provision. But when the terms of ihe stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 sider
...justice can administer no effectual redress; for when the terms of a stipulation import a contract, as when either of the parties engages to perform a particular...act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, and not to the judicial, department; and the legislature must execute the contract, before it can become... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 sider
...effectual redress; for when the terms of a stipulation import a contract, as when either of the parries engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, and not to the judicial, department ; and the legislature must execute the contract, before it can... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1833 - 264 sider
..." Law of the .Land," it is to be regarded in Courts of Justice as equivalent to a Legislative Act, whenever it operates of itself, without the aid of any Legislative provision. 514. But when the terms of the stipulation import an executory contract, the Treaty refers for its... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1830 - 628 sider
...the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself...stipulation import a contract, when either of the patties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses.itselfto the political, not the judicial... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1838 - 850 sider
...provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract; when either of the parties stipulate to perform a particular act; the treaty addresses itself to the political, not to the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract, before it cart become a... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1840 - 394 sider
...justice can administer no effectual redress ; for, when the terms of a stipulation import a contract, or when either of the parties engages to perform a particular...act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, and not to the judicial, department ; and the legislature must execute the contract, before it can... | |
 | Joseph Tate - 1841 - 992 sider
...law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice, as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself...provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1847 - 490 sider
...the law of the land. It is consequently to be regarded in courts ol justice as equivalent to an act of the Legislature whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provisions. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 sider
...effect by the sovereign power of the parties to the instrument, where either of the parties engage to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political power of the state, and it must be executed through the legislative department of the government. §... | |
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Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. 
