 | Louis Fisher - 2009 - 386 Seiten
...such its meaning does not alter', an American judge has declared. Yet, 'Being a grant of powers to a government, its language is general, and as changes...conditions which are within the scope of the powers conferred'.1 The text of the American Constitution may, as Dicey insisted, furnish a convenient basis... | |
 | 1923 - 806 Seiten
...meaning does not alter. That which it meant when adopted it means now. Being a grant of powers to a government, its language is general, and as changes...all new conditions which are within the scope of the powe-s in terms conferred. In other words, while the powers granted do not change, they apply from... | |
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The Constitution is a written instrument. As such its meaning does not alter. That which it meant when adopted, it means now. Being a grant of powers to a government, its language is general, and, as changes come in social and political life, it embraces... 
