A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced... The Central Law Journal - Σελίδα 1551916Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General - 1901 - 904 σελίδες
...conclusion unauthorized by the character of the instrument. In the language of Chief Justice Marshall, "A constitution to contain an accurate detail of all...great powers will admit, and of all the means by which thejr may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely... | |
| Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 718 σελίδες
...detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers admit and of all the means by which they might be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. The public would probably never understand it. "Its nature, therefore," continued he, "requires that... | |
| FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE - 1901 - 862 σελίδες
...constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.' " A constitution, said he, if it contained an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers admit and of all the means by which they might be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity... | |
| Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 724 σελίδες
...constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.' " A constitution, said he, if it contained an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers admit and of all the means by which they might be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity... | |
| Van Vechten Veeder - 1903 - 656 σελίδες
...thi< word in the articles of confederation, and probably omitted it to avoid those embarrassments. A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore, requires that only its... | |
| John Marshall - 1903 - 828 σελίδες
...detail its powers; only its great outlines great powers will admit, and of all the should be marked. means by which they may be carried into execution,...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public. Its nature therefore requires that only its great... | |
| John Marshall - 1903 - 832 σελίδες
...detail its powers; only its great outlines great powers will admit, and of all the should he marked. means by which they may be carried into execution,...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably never be understood by the public. Its nature therefore requires that only its great... | |
| John Forrest Dillon - 1903 - 610 σελίδες
...distinction between a constitution and a code of laws, lie believed that the Constitution was not intended to contain "an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit," or of "all the means by which they may be carried into execution." In his view the very nature of the... | |
| John Forrest Dillon - 1903 - 604 σελίδες
...intended to contain "an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit," or of " all the means by which they may be carried into execution." In his view the very nature of the instrument required (and its framers so intended) " that only its... | |
| Hannis Taylor - 1905 - 32 σελίδες
...that divides a system of organic law from a mere code of municipal law. In a leading case he said: "A constitution to contain an accurate detail of all...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It could probably never be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore, requires that only its... | |
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