 | Henry Wheaton - 1834 - 186 sider
...exist in England, does the same right exist, and to the same extent, in this country ? It is clear, there can be no common law of the United States. The federal government is composed of twenty-four sove^ reign and independent states, each of which may have its local usages, customs, and common law.... | |
 | James Kent - 1851 - 706 sider
...law of the United States. Each of the states has its local usages, customs and common law. There was no principle which pervades the Union, and has the...authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution and laws of the Union. The common law could be made a pail of our federal system only by legislative... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 sider
...twenty-four sovereign and independent States, each of which may have its local usages and common law; but there is no principle which pervades the Union, and...the Union. The common law could be made a part of the federal system only by legislative adoption. It" is settled that the federal courts have no jurisdiction... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 sider
...by the Supreme Court of the United States, to be clear that there can be no common law of the Union. The federal Government is composed of twenty-four...independent States, each of which may have its local usages and common law ; but there is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law,... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 732 sider
...law of the United States. Each of the states has its local usages, customs, and common law. There was no principle which pervades the Union, and has the...authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution and laws of the Union. The common law could be made a part of our federal system only by legislative... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 sider
...common law of the country designated geographically as the Unitecf States. The Union is composed of sovereign and independent States, each of which may...authority of law that is not embodied in the constitution and acts of Congress. As the federal government has no powers not specially delegated, and no jurisdiction... | |
 | John C. Devereux - 1868 - 444 sider
...the United States. Each of the States has its owu local usages, customs, and common law. There was no principle which pervades the Union, and has the...authority of law, that is not embodied in the Constitution and laws of the Union. The common law could be made a part of our federal system only by legislative... | |
 | California, California. Commission to Revise the Laws of California - 1871 - 894 sider
..." Of the United States, as a nation, there is no common lair. The Federal Government is composed of sovereign and independent States, each of which may...Constitution or laws of the Union. The common law would be made a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption. (McLean, J ., in Wheaton vs.... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 sider
...Of the United States, as a nation, there is no common law. " The federal government is composed of sovereign and independent states, each of which may...constitution or laws of the Union. The common law could be madb a part of our federal system only by legislative adoption." McLean, J., in Wheatpn v. Peters,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 sider
...by the Supreme Court of the United States, to be clear that there can be no common law of the Union. The federal Government is composed of twenty-four...independent States, each of which may have its local usages and common law ; but there is no principle which pervades the Union, and has the authority of law,... | |
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It is clear, there can be no common law of the United States. The federal government is composed of twenty-four sovereign and independent states; each of which may have its local usages, customs and common law. There is no principle which pervades the... 
