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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... representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states , and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state ...
... representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand , but each state shall have at least one representative ; and , until such enumeration shall be made , the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three ...
... representatives and the senate shall , before it become a law , be presented to the president of the United States ; if he approve he shall sign it , but if not he shall return it , with his objections , to that house in which it shall ...
... representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress : but no senator or representative , or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States , shall be appointed an elector . 3. The electors shall meet ...
... representatives , open all the certificates , and the votes shall then be counted : the person having the greatest number of votes for president , shall be the president , if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors ...