| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Courts - 1910 - 76 pages
...sanctioned by all the great law writers before him and since, that " the very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual...duties of government is to afford that protection." I shall not, however, further enlarge upon that aspect of the matter. Perhaps it has been urged upon... | |
| Eugene McQuillin - Corporation law - 1913 - 1098 pages
...justice and good government there ought to be one. ' ' T Again : ' ' The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual...duties of government is to afford that protection. ' ' 8 But in many jurisdictions the doctrine seems to be that the writ will not cover a casus omissus?... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1164 pages
...L. Eil. 60], Chief Justice Marshall uses the following language: 'The very essence of civil liberty consists in the right of every individual to claim...duties of government is to afford that protection.' And further on in the same case, page 160 [1 Cranch, 2 I.. Ed. 60], after stating that the courts cannot... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 1172 pages
...without a reference to the law. The greatest of our American judges has said, that its very essence consists in the right of every individual to claim...protection of the laws whenever he receives an injury; and the laws determine when the injury has been committed, and point out the method by which it may... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Antitrust law - 1914 - 1270 pages
...sanctioned by all the great law writers before him and since, that " the very essence of civil liberty e court said, at page 527 : What are the considerations...that a railroad company is entitled to receive, and I shall not, however, further enlarge upon that aspect of the matter. Perhaps it has been urged upon... | |
| Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth - Law - 1914 - 840 pages
...has been violated, do the laws of his country afford him a remedy ? The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual...protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. * * * The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not... | |
| William Dameron Guthrie - Fiction - 1916 - 296 pages
...hostile executive, a hostile Congress and a hostile public opinion — "The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual...duties of government is to afford that protection. . . . The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws and not... | |
| Political science - 1917 - 720 pages
...Marshall, in the great case of Marbury against Madison, 1 Cranch, 163, "The very essence of civil liberty consists in the right of every individual to claim...duties of government is to afford that protection." • Lord Raymond 938, 1 Smith Leading Cases, 342, 1 English Ruling Casee, 521. A NEW PROVINCE FOR LAW... | |
| Albert Jeremiah Beveridge - Judges - 1919 - 690 pages
...but violative of a vested legal right. . .2 "The very essence of civil liberty," continues Marshall, "certainly consists in the right of every individual...of the first duties of government is to afford that protectipn." Ours has been "emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly... | |
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