Constitutional Law Of The United States As Moulded By Daniel Webster Classic Reprint
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Constitutional Law of the United States as Moulded by Daniel Webster (Classic Reprint) by Everett Pepperrell Wheeler Pdf
Excerpt from Constitutional Law of the United States as Moulded by Daniel Webster It was further held, after a very careful investigation of the English Ecclesiastical Law, that the town could take the land as trustee, and that where no Episcopal Church was established before the Revolution, the State could appropriate the share which had been given for this purpose by the original charter and apply it to other public uses. In this case Vermont had appropriated to the use of public schools the glebe right which had not been taken up by the Episcopal Church, and the Supreme Court sustained the validity of this statute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Letter to the Hon. Daniel Webster, on the Compromises of the Constitution (Classic Reprint) by S. Graham Pdf
Excerpt from Letter to the Hon. Daniel Webster, on the Compromises of the Constitution Sir; - I have read, with earnest attention, both your speech on the subject of slavery, delivered in the Senate of the United States on the 7th of March last, and your letter of the 15th of May to the citizens of Newburyport. I am not an "Abolitionist," in the sectarian nor sectional sense of the term. That is: I have never belonged to the "Abolition party," the "Liberty party," nor the "Free Soil party;" but in my political principles, associations and actions, have always been thoroughly and steadfastly a Whig. For more than thirty years I have seriously contemplated slavery as a condition involving human rights and human sensibilities, affections and sufferings; and, for nearly as long a time, I have contemplated the slavery of these United States, in its relation to the political and civil institutions of our country. With the most fervent of the Abolitionists, I have desired that slavery might cease to exist on earth. With the most staunch adherent to constitutional pro-visions and guarantees, I have seen the difficulty of removing it by political action. At the same time, I have seen, with the vision of philosophical certainty, that the human soul, in its specific unity, identity and permanency, was gradually progressing in the development of its intellectual and moral attributes, and expanding itself to the comprehension of clearer, broader, and more accurately defined scientific truth concerning the nature, relations, and interests of man; and could not, by any possible conservative coercion, be confined in those forms and institutions which were the embodiments of the ideas and sentiments of an earlier state. I have seen, with anxiety and awe, that the slavery of our country could not remain as it was; that a change in the condition of the slave, in the relation between the master and the slave, and in the relation between the domestic institution of slavery and the political institution which constitutes our national unity, must inevitably take place; that no power of earth could prevent it; that no power of heaven would. I have seen that the only modes in which the inevitable change can take place, are: first, voluntary emancipation on the part of the slaveholders; second, political action in the exercise of assumed, not to say usurped, legislative authority; third, political disunion and civil war; and fourth, servile insurrection and war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860 by Morton J. HORWITZ,Morton J Horwitz Pdf
In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of the common law as intellectual history and also demonstrates how the shifting views of private law became a dynamic element in the economic growth of the United States. Horwitz's subtle and sophisticated explanation of societal change begins with the common law, which was intended to provide justice for all. The great breakpoint came after 1790 when the law was slowly transformed to favor economic growth and development. The courts spurred economic competition instead of circumscribing it. This new instrumental law flourished as the legal profession and the mercantile elite forged a mutually beneficial alliance to gain wealth and power. The evolving law of the early republic interacted with political philosophy, Horwitz shows. The doctrine of laissez-faire, long considered the cloak for competition, is here seen as a shield for the newly rich. By the 1840s the overarching reach of the doctrine prevented further distribution of wealth and protected entrenched classes by disallowing the courts very much power to intervene in economic life. This searching interpretation, which connects law and the courts to the real world, will engage historians in a new debate. For to view the law as an engine of vast economic transformation is to challenge in a stunning way previous interpretations of the eras of revolution and reform.
Historically Canadians have considered themselves to be more or less free of racial prejudice. Although this conception has been challenged in recent years, it has not been completely dispelled. In Colour-Coded, Constance Backhouse illustrates the tenacious hold that white supremacy had on our legal system in the first half of this century, and underscores the damaging legacy of inequality that continues today. Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law. The cases focus on Aboriginal, Inuit, Chinese-Canadian, and African-Canadian individuals, taking us from the criminal prosecution of traditional Aboriginal dance to the trial of members of the 'Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.' From thousands of possibilities, Backhouse has selected studies that constitute central moments in the legal history of race in Canada. Her selection also considers a wide range of legal forums, including administrative rulings by municipal councils, criminal trials before police magistrates, and criminal and civil cases heard by the highest courts in the provinces and by the Supreme Court of Canada. The extensive and detailed documentation presented here leaves no doubt that the Canadian legal system played a dominant role in creating and preserving racial discrimination. A central message of this book is that racism is deeply embedded in Canadian history despite Canada's reputation as a raceless society. Winner of the Joseph Brant Award, presented by the Ontario Historical Society
Author : Anthony De Jasay Publisher : Collected Papers of Anthony de Page : 0 pages File Size : 48,6 Mb Release : 1998 Category : Philosophy ISBN : 0865971714
The State is a brilliant analysis of some of the fundamental issues of modern political thought from the perspective, not of individuals or subjects, but of the state itself. The author poses the query, "What would you do if you were the state?" The state usually is understood as an instrument, not a personality, and it is presumed to exist so that people can achieve their common ends. However, Jasay asks, what if we suppose the state to have a will and ends of its own? To answer these questions, the author traces the logical and historical progression of the state from a modest-sized protector of life and property through its development into an "agile seducer of democratic majorities, to the welfare-dispensing drudge that it is in many countries today ... Is the rational next step a totalitarian enhancement of its power?" The State presents what has been termed "a disturbingly logical 'agenda' for the state in pursuit of its 'self-fulfillment.'"--Inside jacket flap.
The Genius of the Common Law by Frederick Pollock Pdf
Pollock, Sir Frederick. The Genius of the Common Law. New York: The Columbia University Press, 1912. vii, 141 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-047160. ISBN 1-58477-043-0. Cloth. $60. * A collection of Sir Frederick Pollock's lectures from the Carpentier Series at Columbia University. Holdsworth praised the eight lectures as a discussion of "...critical studies of aspects and characteristics of the common law which only an accomplished legal historian, a master of the modern law, and a professor of jurisprudence could have written." Holdsworth, Some Makers of English Law 287. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 143.
