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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... period of the American Revolution.4 § 49. Charles the First adopted the notions and followed out in its full extent the colonial system of his father.5 He declared the colony to be a part of the empire annexed to the crown , and ...
... period of the American Revolution . Marriages , except in special cases , were required to be celebrated in the parish church , and accord- ing to the rubric in the common - prayer book . The law of inheritance of the parent country was ...
... period , the laws of the Plymouth Colony will be found few and brief . This resulted in some measure from the narrow limits of the population and business of the colony ; but in a greater measure from their reliance in their simple ...
... period of the first charter ; but for the same causes , for which such a divorce might be granted by the spiritual courts , a divorce a vinculo was granted . Female adultery was a sufficient cause ; but male adultery not . In tenderness ...