The Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America: Being a Series of Lectures Delivered Before Yale UniversityLittle, Brown, 1894 - 431 páginas "Being a series of lectures delivered before Yale University."--T.p. |
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... GIVEN BY ROGER WOLCOTT [ CLASS OF 1870 ] IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER FOR THE " PURCHASE OF BOOKS OF PERMANENT VALUE , THE PREFERENCE TO BE GIVEN TO WORKS OF HISTORY , POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY " I.
... GIVEN BY ROGER WOLCOTT [ CLASS OF 1870 ] IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER FOR THE " PURCHASE OF BOOKS OF PERMANENT VALUE , THE PREFERENCE TO BE GIVEN TO WORKS OF HISTORY , POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY " I.
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... given , and the scope and purpose of the course . I have , however , added some notes in the line of further development or illustration . It might have been more artistic to have recast the whole , working the notes into the text ; but ...
... given , and the scope and purpose of the course . I have , however , added some notes in the line of further development or illustration . It might have been more artistic to have recast the whole , working the notes into the text ; but ...
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... given us , indeed , skeleton forms , but these are practically useless unless clothed with flesh and blood , and made vital by legislative breath , things seemingly yet far off . What worth there may be in the views on these sub ...
... given us , indeed , skeleton forms , but these are practically useless unless clothed with flesh and blood , and made vital by legislative breath , things seemingly yet far off . What worth there may be in the views on these sub ...
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... given an elasticity of meaning , or an artificial meaning , not consonant with the general or appropriate use of these words . Austin's definition of law is similarly defective , and the same criticism applies . " Law , " according to ...
... given an elasticity of meaning , or an artificial meaning , not consonant with the general or appropriate use of these words . Austin's definition of law is similarly defective , and the same criticism applies . " Law , " according to ...
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... given State . If you ask me to define 1 In the scholarly and able address of Mr. James C. Carter before the American Bar Association ( Reports of the Association for 1890 , p . 217 ) , this eminent lawyer condenses and states with ...
... given State . If you ask me to define 1 In the scholarly and able address of Mr. James C. Carter before the American Bar Association ( Reports of the Association for 1890 , p . 217 ) , this eminent lawyer condenses and states with ...
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Página 41 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Página 26 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 97 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th
Página 109 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great Hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the Just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of...
Página 100 - ... bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 150 - In no country, perhaps, in the world is the law so general a study. The profession itself is numerous and powerful ; and in most provinces it takes the lead. The greater number of the deputies sent to the congress were lawyers. But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science.
Página 227 - No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it.
Página 130 - ... that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the onus of proof is imposed.
Página 100 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.