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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... legislative powers . They , therefore , remained in legal contemplation a mere voluntary associa- tion , exercising the highest powers and prerogatives of sovereignty , and yielding obedience to the laws and magistrates chosen by them ...
... legislative power contained in an express clause of all the charters ; and could not be transcended without a clear breach of their fundamental conditions . A very lib- eral exposition of this clause seems , however , always to have pre ...
... legislative body . But accustomed as the colonists had been to possess the rights and privileges of Englishmen , and valuing as they did , above all others , the right of representation in Parliament , as the only real security for ...
... legislative repeal . Owing its ratification to a law of a state , it has been contended , that the same authority might repeal the law , by which it was ratified . However gross a heresy it may be to maintain , that a party to a com ...
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