Commentaries on the Constitution of the United StatesThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005 - 1408 páginas 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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... 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 have originated , who shall enter the objections ...
... : 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever , over such district , ( not exceeding ten miles square , ) as may , by cession of particular states , and the acceptance of congress , become the THE CONSTITUTION . xxiii :
... become , or shall become , members of the confederation , ' & c . ' accord- ing to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure , and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose , and for ...
... become subjects of the crown to the colony , and to carry on trade to and from it , without custom or subsidy for seven years , and were to be free of all taxation of imports or ex- ports to and from the English dominion for the space ...
Joseph Story. CHAPTER XIII . DELAWARE . § 126. AFTER Penn had become proprietary of Pennsylvania , he purchased of the Duke of York , in 1682 , all his right and interest in the territory , afterwards called the Three Lower Counties of ...