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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... measures : 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States : 7. To establish post - offices and post - roads : 8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts , by securing ...
... measures . He did not at once yield to their discon- tents ; but pressed , as he was , by severe embarrassments at home , he was content to adopt a policy , which would conciliate the colony and remove some of its just complaints . He ...
... measures for the settle- ment of the province , and at the desire of the New England settlers within it , ( whose disposition to emigration is with Chalmers a constant theme of reproach , ) published proposals , forming a basis of ...
... measures expressly extending to them . We have already seen , that they resisted the im- position of taxes upon them , without the consent of their local legisla- tures , from a very early period . 3 § 188. But it was by no means an ...
... measures , and especially the arming of the militia of New York , and the occupation of Crown Point and Ticonderoga . They authorized the emission of two millions of dollars in bills of credit , pledging the colonies to the redemption ...