The Law of the Federal and State Constitutions of the United States: With an Historical Study of Their Principles, a Chronological Table of English Social Legislation, and a Comparative Digest of the Constitutions of the Forty-six States |
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... Social Legislation, and a Comparative Digest of the Constitutions of the Forty-six States Frederic Jesup Stimson. THE LAW OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF 75 UNIVERSIT CALIFORN A DIAGRAM OF STATE AND FEDERAL.
... Social Legislation, and a Comparative Digest of the Constitutions of the Forty-six States Frederic Jesup Stimson. THE LAW OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF 75 UNIVERSIT CALIFORN A DIAGRAM OF STATE AND FEDERAL.
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... ) X Powers forbidden to U.S. ( simply ) ( 37 ) Y Rights or Powers reserved in the People ( 39 ) ZX Powers forbidden to both States and U.S. ( 12 ) See Appendix OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE RIGHT TO.
... ) X Powers forbidden to U.S. ( simply ) ( 37 ) Y Rights or Powers reserved in the People ( 39 ) ZX Powers forbidden to both States and U.S. ( 12 ) See Appendix OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE RIGHT TO.
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... UNITED STATES WITH AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THEIR PRINCIPLES A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH SOCIAL LEGISLATION AND A COMPARATIVE DIGEST OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FORTY - SIX STATES BY FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON Professor of Comparative ...
... UNITED STATES WITH AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THEIR PRINCIPLES A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF ENGLISH SOCIAL LEGISLATION AND A COMPARATIVE DIGEST OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE FORTY - SIX STATES BY FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON Professor of Comparative ...
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... United States " a live science . " Both in the States and in the nation it has had its most active discussion recently ; and the matter bids fair to increase still more at the hands of the next generation . The great social prin- ciples ...
... United States " a live science . " Both in the States and in the nation it has had its most active discussion recently ; and the matter bids fair to increase still more at the hands of the next generation . The great social prin- ciples ...
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... United States should also be made of " Miller's Lectures , " Patter- son's " The United States and the States under the Constitution , " and McClain's " Constitutional Law . " The book is not , however , intended for a case lawyer . I ...
... United States should also be made of " Miller's Lectures , " Patter- son's " The United States and the States under the Constitution , " and McClain's " Constitutional Law . " The book is not , however , intended for a case lawyer . I ...
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Page 86 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety...
Page 78 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it ; completely, and without any denial ; promptly, and without delay, conformably to the laws.
Page 74 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 84 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 79 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 78 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 289 - Cambridge ; public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions ; rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country...
Page 83 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to standing laws.
Page 31 - ... the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties...
Page 86 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their natural rights, and the blessings of life...