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Side vii
... instances I may have been led into more detail than may be thought consistent with the plan of the publica- tion . My apology is to be found in the difficulty of being really useful on some branches of the a This appeared in 1828 , and ...
... instances I may have been led into more detail than may be thought consistent with the plan of the publica- tion . My apology is to be found in the difficulty of being really useful on some branches of the a This appeared in 1828 , and ...
Side x
... instances the work has been enlarged by the addition of distinct heads of discussion , such as the lex loci as to contracts - the interpretation of contracts , and the law of insurance of lives , and against fire . The general Index ...
... instances the work has been enlarged by the addition of distinct heads of discussion , such as the lex loci as to contracts - the interpretation of contracts , and the law of insurance of lives , and against fire . The general Index ...
Side xv
... Instance Courts ...... 378 5. Civil jurisdiction of the District Courts .. 381 6. Territorial Courts of the United States .. 383 LECTURE XVIII . - Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments ... 387 1. Of concurrent powers ...
... Instance Courts ...... 378 5. Civil jurisdiction of the District Courts .. 381 6. Territorial Courts of the United States .. 383 LECTURE XVIII . - Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments ... 387 1. Of concurrent powers ...
Side 5
... instances of great humanity shown to prisoners of war . During a cessa- tion of arms in the course of the Peloponnesian war , Athens and Sparta agreed to an exchange or mutual surrender of prisoners . The sound judgment and profound ...
... instances of great humanity shown to prisoners of war . During a cessa- tion of arms in the course of the Peloponnesian war , Athens and Sparta agreed to an exchange or mutual surrender of prisoners . The sound judgment and profound ...
Side 6
... instances the Romans showed that they excelled the Greeks , by the possession of a sterner and better sense of justice . The institution of a college of heralds and the fecial law , were proofs of a people consi- derably advanced in the ...
... instances the Romans showed that they excelled the Greeks , by the possession of a sterner and better sense of justice . The institution of a college of heralds and the fecial law , were proofs of a people consi- derably advanced in the ...
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Side 451 - 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.
Side 235 - Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require...
Side 370 - ... saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it...
Side 358 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Side 387 - Whenever the terms in which a power is granted to congress, or the nature of the power, require that it should be exercised exclusively by congress, the subject is as completely taken from the state legislatures as if they had been expressly forbidden to act on it.
Side 451 - 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.
Side 299 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a 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...
Side 139 - I take the modern established rule to be this, that generally they are not contraband, but may become so under circumstances arising out of the particular situation of the war, or the condition of the parties engaged in it.
Side 469 - The Common Law includes those principles, usages, and rules of action applicable to the government and security of person and property which do not rest for their authority upon any express and positive declaration of the will of the legislature.
Side 407 - An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed.