 ... of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law as they are developed, and to adapt it to the changes of time and circumstances.  The New York Supplement - Page 3721915Full view - About this book
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1887 - 464 pages
...the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the...law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim of the Legislature,... | |
 | Employers' liability - 1912 - 1074 pages
...the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law. and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the...law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will of the Legislature, unless prevented... | |
 | Texas Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 292 pages
...the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the...law cannot be taken away without due process, but the law itself, as a rule of conduct may be changed at the will, or even the whim of the legislature,... | |
 | Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Board - Employers' liability - 1917 - 490 pages
...the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more saered than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the...law cannot be taken away without due process : but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed 184 at will * * * of the legislature, unless prevented... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1206 pages
...the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the...law cannot be taken away without due process; but the Bee 4 OTTO. law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 1228 pages
...the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the...law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will or even at the whim of the Legislature,... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 652 pages
...only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property that have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a Zanesville B. Gas-Light Co. rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 964 pages
...the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the...law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will ... of the legislature, unless prevented... | |
 | John E. H. Sherry - Bars (Drinking establishments) - 1993 - 952 pages
...v. Stafford, 226 Cal. App. 2d 31, 37 Cal. Rptr. 681. "In Lawman, supra, the court stated: 'Although rights of property which have been created by the...common law cannot be taken away without due process, the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at will by the Legislature. ..."... It may create... | |
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