The Southern Law Review, Volume 1Soule, Thomas & Wentworth, 1875 - Law |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 86
Page 7
... - jection , and admits that the problem for the statesman is to discover some means of inducing the majority to select proper representatives , and to give the latter freedom of individual MODERN THEORIES OF GOVERNMENT . 7.
... - jection , and admits that the problem for the statesman is to discover some means of inducing the majority to select proper representatives , and to give the latter freedom of individual MODERN THEORIES OF GOVERNMENT . 7.
Page 8
... means of safely entrusting the use of political franchise to all classes of the people . " The " double degree " was adopted in the federal constitution in the case of the president and of the senators in Congress , but the benefits ...
... means of safely entrusting the use of political franchise to all classes of the people . " The " double degree " was adopted in the federal constitution in the case of the president and of the senators in Congress , but the benefits ...
Page 29
... means that the statute shall be so construed as to preserve the full constitutional privileges of the house , then it means that the statute shall be so construed as to nullify it . For it is obvious that this power of the board to ...
... means that the statute shall be so construed as to preserve the full constitutional privileges of the house , then it means that the statute shall be so construed as to nullify it . For it is obvious that this power of the board to ...
Page 39
... means of which the federal government may over- turn the administration of a state when it proves out of har- mony with the prevailing federal policy . Even while we are writing , an attempt to revolutionize the state of Arkansas un ...
... means of which the federal government may over- turn the administration of a state when it proves out of har- mony with the prevailing federal policy . Even while we are writing , an attempt to revolutionize the state of Arkansas un ...
Page 46
... means agreed in opinion , but rather " yes and no , with a medium between them . " Their differ- ences involve the several points , whether law should be made more elastic and flexible by equity , or equity more exact and unbending by ...
... means agreed in opinion , but rather " yes and no , with a medium between them . " Their differ- ences involve the several points , whether law should be made more elastic and flexible by equity , or equity more exact and unbending by ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admitted adopted alleged appear applied authority bench bill cause of action Chancery Chief Justice child cited civil Coke common law Congress constitution contract corporation counsel damages death deceased decided decisions declared defendant doctrine donatio mortis causa doubt duties election England English law entitled equity evidence existence fact favor give ground held husband injury interest Iowa Joseph Guibord judge Judge Child judgment judicial jurisdiction jurisprudence jury Justinian land lawyer learning legislation legislature liable libel Lord Lord Campbell Lord Eldon marriage matter ment Mississippi natural negligence never obligation opinion party person plaintiff plea pleading possession practice principles privity profession published question railway reason recover reference remedy reports respect Roman law rule seems statute statute of frauds Supreme Court tion treatise trial United volume Wharton wife words
Popular passages
Page 745 - At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 695 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 691 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 195 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a State not surrendered to the General Government, all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves. Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws, of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, etc., are component parts of this mass.
Page 202 - There are limitations on such power which grow out of the essential nature of all free governments. Implied reservations of individual rights, without which the social compact could not exist, and which are respected by all governments entitled to the name.
Page 696 - When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, if the former might have maintained an action had he lived, against the latter, for an injury for the same act or omission.
Page 694 - When the death of a person not being a minor, or when the death of a minor person who leaves surviving him either a husband or wife or child or children, is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death...
Page 692 - ... then and in every such case, the person who would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 692 - PL 151, provides, in section 1, " that whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 486 - THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH ; to which are prefixed, Examples of earlier Proceedings in that Court from Richard II. to Elizabeth, from the originals in the Tower. Edited by JOHN BAYLEY, Esq. Vols. 2 and 3 (1830 — 1832), folio, boards, price 21s.