Commentaries on statute and constitutional law and statutory and constitutional construction : containing an examination of adjudged cases on constitutional law under the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the respective states concerning legislative power, and also the consideration of the rules of law in the construction of statutes and constitutional provisions / E. Fitch Smith.
1848
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Commentaries on statute and constitutional law and statutory and constitutional construction : containing an examination of adjudged cases on constitutional law under the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the respective states concerning legislative power, and also the consideration of the rules of law in the construction of statutes and constitutional provisions / E. Fitch Smith.
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Albany : Gould, Banks & Gould ; New York : Banks, Gould & Co., 1848.
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[Getzville, New York] : William S. Hein & Company, [2014]
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1 online resource (xv, 976 pages).
Series
World constitutions illustrated.
Legal classics library.
Legal classics library.
Formatted Contents Note
Origin and history of legislation among the ancient governments
Origin and history of legislation in England
Origin and history of legislation in the colony of Virginia
Origin and history of legislation in the colonies of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
Origin and history of legislation in the Connecticut Colony
The legislative power of the states, and the bills of rights of the respective states
Of legislative authority irrespective of any constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, and a consideration of the doctrine of the omnipotence of parliament
Constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, under the constitution of the United States : 1st as applicable to the Federal Government ; and, 2d as applicable to State Governments ; and the construction put upon such restrictive clauses
Constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, under the constitution of respective states, and the construction of such restrictive clauses
Of legislation and judicial interpretation
Of the division, duration, qualities and incidents of statutes
Of interpretation and construction, including the question as to the construction of particular words
Of contemporaneous exposition
Of statutes in pari materia
Of affirmative and negative statutes
Of equitable construction of statutes
Of the equitable construction of penal statutes
Of the construction of penal statutes
Of the repeal of statutes
Of public and private statutes
Of the proofs of the existence of statutes.
Origin and history of legislation in England
Origin and history of legislation in the colony of Virginia
Origin and history of legislation in the colonies of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
Origin and history of legislation in the Connecticut Colony
The legislative power of the states, and the bills of rights of the respective states
Of legislative authority irrespective of any constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, and a consideration of the doctrine of the omnipotence of parliament
Constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, under the constitution of the United States : 1st as applicable to the Federal Government ; and, 2d as applicable to State Governments ; and the construction put upon such restrictive clauses
Constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, under the constitution of respective states, and the construction of such restrictive clauses
Of legislation and judicial interpretation
Of the division, duration, qualities and incidents of statutes
Of interpretation and construction, including the question as to the construction of particular words
Of contemporaneous exposition
Of statutes in pari materia
Of affirmative and negative statutes
Of equitable construction of statutes
Of the equitable construction of penal statutes
Of the construction of penal statutes
Of the repeal of statutes
Of public and private statutes
Of the proofs of the existence of statutes.
Note
Errata after page xv.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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