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" Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It Is consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature whenever it operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision... "
American Annual Register - Page 105
edited by - 1830
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The American Annual Register, Part 2

Joseph Blunt - History - 1835 - 624 pages
...instrument In the United States a different prin104 cipleis established. Our constitution declares a treat; to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded HI courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without...
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Outlines of the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: Designed ...

William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1833 - 264 pages
...territories. 513. In the United States, however, it is settled by a decision of the Supreme Court, that as the Constitution declares a Treaty to be the " Law of the .Land," it is to be regarded in Courts of Justice as equivalent to a Legislative Act, whenever it operates of itself,...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 37

United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1838 - 850 pages
...and defined the line [The State of Rhode Island v. The State of Massachusetts.] between them thus: "Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law...stipulation import a contract; when either of the parties stipulate to perform a particular act; the treaty addresses itself to the political, not to...
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Digest of the Laws of Virginia: Which are of a Permanent Character ..., Volume 1

Joseph Tate - Law - 1841 - 992 pages
...sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument. In the United States a different principle is established. Our constitution declares a treaty...provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every...
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A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United ...

William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1843 - 442 pages
...different principle is established. It has been settled by the Supreme Court,* that, inasmuch as the Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land, it is to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the Legislature, whenever it operates...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 160

Child rearing - 1845 - 436 pages
...different principle is established. It has been settled by the Supreme Court,* that, inasmuch as the Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land, it is to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the Legislature, whenever it operates...
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The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, Volume 8

United States - Session laws - 1846 - 1068 pages
...the instrument. Foster et a], v. Neilson, 2 Peters, 314 ; United States p. Arredondo, 6 Peters, 735. l. IV. 259 Purchasers of Public Lands. An act for...Purchasers of Public Lands — Fraudulent Practices at parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the...
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The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 5

Samuel Owen - Law - 1847 - 490 pages
...by the sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument. In the US a different principle is established. Our constitution declares a treaty...land. It is consequently to be regarded in courts ol justice as equivalent to an act of the Legislature whenever it operates of itself without the aid...
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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of ..., Part 2

Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Law - 1851 - 570 pages
...parties to the instrument. Marshall, CJ, 2 Peters' R. 314. In the United States, a different principle is established. Our constitution declares a treaty...stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the...
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Commentaries on the constitution of the United States, Volume 1

Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1851 - 642 pages
...treaty to be the law of the land. It is consequently to be regarded by courts of justice as eqnivalent to an act of the legislature whenever it operates...itself without the aid of any legislative provision." not heard. Power and right were separated ; the argument was all on one side; but the power was on...
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