Great Speeches by Great Lawyers: A Collection of Arguments and Speeches Before Courts and Juries by Eminent Lawyers ; with Introductory Notes, Analyses, EtcBaker, Voorhis and Company, 1901 - 748 sidor |
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... Effect of the revolution on British debts . Greatness of America . 6. The law of custom only binding on na- tions adopting it . 7. The law of custom prevailing in Europe not binding in America . 8. America an independent nation long ...
... Effect of the revolution on British debts . Greatness of America . 6. The law of custom only binding on na- tions adopting it . 7. The law of custom prevailing in Europe not binding in America . 8. America an independent nation long ...
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... to support , I will read sections 17 , 18 , 19 and 20 of this discourse . Here Mr. Henry read the sections referred to . He then continued : 5. EFFECT OF THE REVOLUTION ON BRITISH DEBTS . - ON THE RIGHT TO CONFISCATE BRITISH DEBTS . 7.
... to support , I will read sections 17 , 18 , 19 and 20 of this discourse . Here Mr. Henry read the sections referred to . He then continued : 5. EFFECT OF THE REVOLUTION ON BRITISH DEBTS . - ON THE RIGHT TO CONFISCATE BRITISH DEBTS . 7.
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... EFFECT OF THE REVOLUTION ON BRITISH DEBTS . - GREATNESS OF AMERICA . When the war commenced , these things , called British debts , lost their quality of external obligation and became matters of in- ternal obligation , because the ...
... EFFECT OF THE REVOLUTION ON BRITISH DEBTS . - GREATNESS OF AMERICA . When the war commenced , these things , called British debts , lost their quality of external obligation and became matters of in- ternal obligation , because the ...
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... law of nations , but that we ought to confine ourselves to the giving a general theory of it , that is , to the rules which here ought to be observed , as well with respect to its effects as ON THE RIGHT TO CONFISCATE BRITISH DEBTS . 9.
... law of nations , but that we ought to confine ourselves to the giving a general theory of it , that is , to the rules which here ought to be observed , as well with respect to its effects as ON THE RIGHT TO CONFISCATE BRITISH DEBTS . 9.
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... effects as in relation to the matter itself ; and in this last respect these rules will serve to dis- tinguish the lawful and innocent customs from those that are un ... effect ? Or were the customary laws of 10 ARGUMENT OF PATRICK HENRY.
... effects as in relation to the matter itself ; and in this last respect these rules will serve to dis- tinguish the lawful and innocent customs from those that are un ... effect ? Or were the customary laws of 10 ARGUMENT OF PATRICK HENRY.
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Great Speeches by Great Lawyers : a Collection of Arguments and Speeches ... Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1885 |
Great Speeches by Great Lawyers: A Collection of Arguments and Speeches ... William Lamartine Snyder Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1881 |
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Sida 520 - That law, as re-enacted, after declaring that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance,...
Sida 444 - ... intended to endure for ages to come, and, consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Sida 444 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Sida x - Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Sida 537 - In equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of Interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority...
Sida 551 - Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty; who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
Sida 551 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Sida 444 - to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to carry into execution" the powers of the government.
Sida 528 - And the powers of the General Government, and of the State, although both exist and are exercised within the same territorial limits, are yet separate and distinct sovereignties, acting separately and independently of each other, within their respective spheres.
Sida 726 - No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.