| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1804 - 514 pages
...of his country aflbrd him a remedy ? The very oflence of civil liberty certainly confifts in MARBUIT the right of every individual to claim the protection...the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the firft duties of government is to afford that protection. In Great Britain the king himfelf is fued... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 pages
...has a right, and that right has been violated, do the laws of his country afford him a remedy ? 163 #The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists...duties of government is to afford that protection. In Great Britain the king himself is sued in the respectful form of a petition, and he never fails... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1830 - 580 pages
...whether the laws afforded the relator any remedy, the Chief Justice says, with great force : — " The very essence of civil liberty, certainly consists...of every individual to claim the protection of the law, whenever he receives ah injury. — One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection."... | |
| John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pages
...but if an act be done under a law, a succeeding legislature cannot undo it ... 134 LIBERTY, civil, consists in the right of every individual to claim...protection of the laws whenever he receives an injury 11 LICENSE, meaning, what . . . . . 307 of vessels in the coasting trade, the object of . 307 308 granted... | |
| George Washington Frost Mellen - 1841 - 452 pages
...ho has a right, and that right has been violated, do the laws of his country afford him a remedy ? " The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim protection of the laws whenever Tie receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1850 - 660 pages
...very essence of civil liberty, (says Chief Justice Marshall, in Marbury vs. Madison, 1 Cranch, 145,) certainly consists in the right of every individual...duties of government is to afford that protection. In Great Britain, the King himself is sued in the respectful form of a petition, and he never Jails... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1850 - 688 pages
...of civil liberty, (says Chief Justice Marshall, in Marbttry vs. Madison, 1 Craitch, 145,) cerlainly consists in the right of every individual to claim...duties of government is to afford that protection.. In Gfeat Britain, the King himself is sued in the respectful form of a petition, and he never failt... | |
| Samuel Smith Nicholas - 1865 - 232 pages
...both as a crime. As said by the Supreme Court in an opinion delivered by Chief Justice Marshall: "The Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of law and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no... | |
| Adolphe de Pineton marquis de Chambrun - 1874 - 320 pages
...Supreme Court ? After having answered the first question in the affirmative, the learned judge proceeded: "The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists...duties of government is to afford that protection. In Great Britain the king himself is sued in the respectful form of a petition, and he never fails... | |
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