The American Law Review, Volume 50Little, Brown, and Company, 1916 - Law |
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... legislative bodies , a greater aggregate intelligence in them than in the courts . But it does not follow that if a Legislature , or Congress , misconceives or violates the Constitution , that the court has the power to nullify their ...
... legislative bodies , a greater aggregate intelligence in them than in the courts . But it does not follow that if a Legislature , or Congress , misconceives or violates the Constitution , that the court has the power to nullify their ...
Page 13
... Legislative and Executive departments of the government err , the people can correct it . But when the courts err , as they frequently do , for instance , as in Chisolm v . Georgia , or in the Dart- mouth College case , or in the Income ...
... Legislative and Executive departments of the government err , the people can correct it . But when the courts err , as they frequently do , for instance , as in Chisolm v . Georgia , or in the Dart- mouth College case , or in the Income ...
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... legislative bodies . Virginia in 1645 undertook to discourage lawyers by forbidding the taking of fees ; Massachusetts in 1663 excluded lawyers from mem- bership in the Great and General Court , and the funda- mental Constitution of ...
... legislative bodies . Virginia in 1645 undertook to discourage lawyers by forbidding the taking of fees ; Massachusetts in 1663 excluded lawyers from mem- bership in the Great and General Court , and the funda- mental Constitution of ...
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... legislative and not judi- cial in character . The contest was thereby transferred from the court room to the halls of Congress . It now becomes , not a question of precedent or of statute , but one of expedi- ency , of wisdom . Since ...
... legislative and not judi- cial in character . The contest was thereby transferred from the court room to the halls of Congress . It now becomes , not a question of precedent or of statute , but one of expedi- ency , of wisdom . Since ...
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... plan similar to the state legislative system of the United States . " Mr. Churchill outlined a system of federation for Great Britain . He said England alone was too large for a single parliament 48 50 AMERICAN LAW REVIEW .
... plan similar to the state legislative system of the United States . " Mr. Churchill outlined a system of federation for Great Britain . He said England alone was too large for a single parliament 48 50 AMERICAN LAW REVIEW .
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