American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - Počet stran: 772 |
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Strana 4
... Common Law of England , as far as it was applicable and had not been changed by legislation , was binding everywhere . 1 In eight of the colonies , Georgia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Virginia , New Jersey , New York , New ...
... Common Law of England , as far as it was applicable and had not been changed by legislation , was binding everywhere . 1 In eight of the colonies , Georgia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Virginia , New Jersey , New York , New ...
Strana 8
... common impressions , there was nothing like universal manhood suffrage . In New York , for example , voters for members of the assembly - the lower branch of the legislature were required to be freeholders of lands or tenements to the ...
... common impressions , there was nothing like universal manhood suffrage . In New York , for example , voters for members of the assembly - the lower branch of the legislature were required to be freeholders of lands or tenements to the ...
Strana 13
... common . The idea of an elective judiciary , unknown to English practice , was not accepted save in some minor instances . The system of 1 Readings , p . 13 , on the powers of magistrates in Virginia . 2 Story , Commentaries ( 5th ed ...
... common . The idea of an elective judiciary , unknown to English practice , was not accepted save in some minor instances . The system of 1 Readings , p . 13 , on the powers of magistrates in Virginia . 2 Story , Commentaries ( 5th ed ...
Strana 14
... common council composed of the mayor , recorder , aldermen , and councillors . In most of the cities the councilmen and aldermen were " elected by popular vote under a franchise which everywhere included all of the well - to - do ...
... common council composed of the mayor , recorder , aldermen , and councillors . In most of the cities the councilmen and aldermen were " elected by popular vote under a franchise which everywhere included all of the well - to - do ...
Strana 18
... common affaires by their common judgement , and so must necessarily establish a democracy . A democracy is then erected , when a number of free persons , do assemble together , in order to enter into a covenant for uniting 1 1 C. H. ...
... common affaires by their common judgement , and so must necessarily establish a democracy . A democracy is then erected , when a number of free persons , do assemble together , in order to enter into a covenant for uniting 1 1 C. H. ...
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Strana 700 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Strana 321 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Strana 159 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Strana 295 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Strana 313 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Strana 704 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Strana 47 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Strana 62 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Strana 724 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Strana 276 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.