Commentaries on the Constitution of the United StatesThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005 - 1408 oldal Reprint of the second edition, with additions by his son, W.W. Story [1819-1895]. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1851. Two volumes. xxxiii, 734; 632 pp. First published in 1833, this work is generally considered to be the most important work written on the American Constitution before the Civil War, and it remains an important work. Dedicated to John Marshall, it presents a strongly Nationalist interpretation. It is divided into three books. Book I contains a history of the colonies and discussion of their charters. Book II discusses the Continental Congress and analyzes the fl aws that crippled the Articles of Confederation. Book III begins with a history of the Constitution and its ratification. This is followed by a brilliant line-by-line exposition of each of its articles and amendments. Comparing it to The Federalist, James Kent said that Story's work was "written in the same free and liberal spirit, with equal exactness and soundness of doctrine, and with great beauty and eloquence of composition.... Whoever seeks...a complete history and exposition of this branch of our jurisprudence, will have recourse to [this] work, which is written with great candor, and characterized by extended research, and a careful examination of the vital principles upon which our government reposes." cited in Marvin, Legal Bibliography 669-670. Apart from James Kent, no man has had greater influence on the development of American law than Joseph Story [1779-1845]. He was Dane Professor of Law at Harvard, where he played a key role in the growth of the school and the establishment of its national eminence. His many books have been cited extensively to this day. An associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1812 to 1845, and the youngest person ever to serve on the Court, he was the author of several landmark decisions, such as Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and Prigg v. Pennsylvania. |
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... regulate Commerce 1054-1102 CHAPTER XVI . Power over Naturalization and Bankruptcy 1102 - 1116 CHAPTER XVII . Power to coin Money , and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures CHAPTER XVIII . Power to establish Post - Offices and Post ...
... 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 ...
... regulate their respective claims . For it was obvious , that in the mutual contests for dominion in newly discovered lands , there would soon arise violent and sanguinary struggles for exclusive pos- session , unless some common ...
... regulate all the internal concerns of the country was never lost sight of , but was ever afterwards cherished throughout America , as the dearest birthright of freemen . So acceptable was it to the people , and so indispensable to the ...
... regulate the admission and trade of all persons with the plantation ; to dispose of their lands ; to appoint and remove governors and other officers of the plantation ; to establish all manner of orders , laws and directions ...