Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1858 |
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... committed any crime which was not merely malum prohibitum , he lost his privilege and dignity as an ambassador , and might be punished as any other private alien , and that he was even bound to answer civilly for his contracts that were ...
... committed any crime which was not merely malum prohibitum , he lost his privilege and dignity as an ambassador , and might be punished as any other private alien , and that he was even bound to answer civilly for his contracts that were ...
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... committed in the course of it , they were guilty of the grossest injustice . No nation had a contention within itself , but the ancient Ro- mans , with their usual insolence , immediately interfered , and with profound duplicity ...
... committed in the course of it , they were guilty of the grossest injustice . No nation had a contention within itself , but the ancient Ro- mans , with their usual insolence , immediately interfered , and with profound duplicity ...
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... committed on board of its public and private vessels at sea , and on board of its public vessels in foreign ports . ( b ) This jurisdiction is confined to the ship ; and no one ship has a right to prohibit the approach of another at sea ...
... committed on board of its public and private vessels at sea , and on board of its public vessels in foreign ports . ( b ) This jurisdiction is confined to the ship ; and no one ship has a right to prohibit the approach of another at sea ...
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... committed in Lower Canada , fled into the State of Vermont , and his surrender was demanded by the Governor- General of Canada . Application was made by authority , in Vermont , to the Presi- dent of the United States , who declined to ...
... committed in Lower Canada , fled into the State of Vermont , and his surrender was demanded by the Governor- General of Canada . Application was made by authority , in Vermont , to the Presi- dent of the United States , who declined to ...
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James Kent. surrender the fugitive to the foreign state where the crime was committed . The language of those authorities is clear and explicit , and the law and usage of nations , as declared by them , rest on the plainest principles of ...
James Kent. surrender the fugitive to the foreign state where the crime was committed . The language of those authorities is clear and explicit , and the law and usage of nations , as declared by them , rest on the plainest principles of ...
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Page 506 - So, if a law be in opposition to the Constitution, if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution, or conformably to the Constitution, disregarding the law, the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
Page 516 - To avoid improper influences which may result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page 662 - States; 2 To borrow Money on the credit of the United 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...
Page 634 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 333 - L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity...
Page ii - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Page 487 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a state, or between different parts of the same state, and which does not extend to or affect other states. Such a power would be inconvenient, and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word among is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more states than one.
Page 299 - The person having the greatest number of votes as vice president shall be the vice president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have a majority, then, from the two highest numbers on the list, the senate shall choose the...
Page 413 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Page 620 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...