Commentaries on the Constitution of the United StatesThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005 - 1408 Seiten 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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... convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof , under a recommendation of its legislature for their assent and ratifica- tion ; " 4 and that each convention , assenting to and ratifying the same , should give notice ...
... convention on the 28th of September , 1787 , unanimously resolved , " that the said report , with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same , be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of ...
... convention , however , called in November , 1789 , this state adopted the constitution.2 The state of Rhode Island had declined to call a convention ; but finally , by a convention held in May , 1790 , its assent was obtained ; and thus ...
Joseph Story. periods , the convention were upon the point of breaking up without accomplishing any thing.1 In the state conventions , in which the con- stitution was presented for ratification , the debates were long , and animated ...
... convention had framed a national government , which regards the union , as a con- solidation of states.2 This objection was far from being universal ; for many admitted , that there ought to be a government over individuals to a certain ...