A Dissertation on the Nature and Extent of the Jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States: Being a Valedictory Address Delivered to the Students of the Law Academy of Philadelphia ... on the 22d April, 1824Abraham Small, 1824 - 254 Seiten |
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... reasons which I have given for this opinion . At the same time that I have bestowed upon the common law all the praise to which I think it justly entitled , I have been very free in my observations on the points in which I think it ...
... reasons which I have given for this opinion . At the same time that I have bestowed upon the common law all the praise to which I think it justly entitled , I have been very free in my observations on the points in which I think it ...
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... reasons , the English system was more strictly adhered to . After the revolution , things went on much in the same course , until the adop- tion of the federal Constitution , when a Su- preme Court was established , the Judges of which ...
... reasons , the English system was more strictly adhered to . After the revolution , things went on much in the same course , until the adop- tion of the federal Constitution , when a Su- preme Court was established , the Judges of which ...
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... , and really deserve so " sublime a name , it must be founded on prin- " ciple , and claim an exalted rank in the empire " of reason ; but if it be merely an unconnected D " series of decrees and ordinances , its use may PREFACE . XXV.
... , and really deserve so " sublime a name , it must be founded on prin- " ciple , and claim an exalted rank in the empire " of reason ; but if it be merely an unconnected D " series of decrees and ordinances , its use may PREFACE . XXV.
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... reason is , in my opinion , that in both these cases , the Judges were led by the counsel into too wide a field of argument , and assumed as general princi- ples , rules which , although correct , as applied to particular cases , were ...
... reason is , in my opinion , that in both these cases , the Judges were led by the counsel into too wide a field of argument , and assumed as general princi- ples , rules which , although correct , as applied to particular cases , were ...
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... reason , if both had been so tried , why the same course should not have been taken in the one that was in the other . Ravara was tried and convicted on the common law of the State of Pennsylvania ; Kosloff might have been tried ...
... reason , if both had been so tried , why the same course should not have been taken in the one that was in the other . Ravara was tried and convicted on the common law of the State of Pennsylvania ; Kosloff might have been tried ...
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Seite 183 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Seite 178 - No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money; emit bills of credit ; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility. [2.] No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its...
Seite 180 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite 176 - States; 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United 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...
Seite 128 - States, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the States which passed such grants, are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States...
Seite 174 - ... 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.
Seite 174 - 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 secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Seite 183 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Seite 206 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Seite 176 - Court: 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations: . 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water: 12.