 | David Andrew Schultz - 1992 - 244 páginas
...arguments, the first being that laws that damage property interests were also a form of punishment. An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. Such a law may inflict penalties on... | |
 | E. Lauterpacht, C. J. Greenwood - 1993 - 810 páginas
...for the purpose of conviction." In Fletcher v Peck (1810) 10 US 87, Marshall CJ said (at 138): "An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. Such a law may inflict penalties on... | |
 | Daniel E. Troy - 1998 - 148 páginas
...(separate statement of William Johnson). 21. See, eg, Fletcher v. Peck, 10 US (Cranch) 87, 131 ("An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed. Such a law may inflict penalties on the person,... | |
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An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. 
