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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... force , until the pleasure of the king should be known , whether the same laws and ordinances should receive any change or confirmation , or be totally disallowed and discharged . And the president and council were required to transmit ...
... force . Liberty of conscience was allowed to all persons but Papists . § 120. From this time to the American Revolution the province was governed without any charter under royal commissions , substan- tially in the manner pointed out in ...
... force until dis- approved of by the proprietaries.5 Perfect freedom of religion was also promised ; and a hundred acres of land offered , at a half - penny an acre , to every settler within five years . § 131. In 1665 , the ...
... force of fundamental and unalterable laws in the colony . What regulations the people found applicable , they adopted at the request of their gov- ernors ; but observed these on account of their own propriety and necessity , rather than ...