An Exposition of the Constitution of the United StatesThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 1999 - 311 páginas Flanders, Henry. An Exposition of the Constitution of the United States. Designed as a Manual of Instruction. Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co., 1860. xii, 311 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-31594. ISBN 1-58477-014-7. Cloth. $60. * Flanders [1824-1911], a well-known and highly regarded Philadelphia lawyer of his time, clearly describes the origin and organization of the Constitution and the legislature and its branches, the power of Congress and the power denied to Congress and the states under the Constitution. Written for students, and thus written in a lucid and organized manner, with questions for the reader in the notes on each page. The work went through several editions, this being a reprint of the first edition. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2821. Bauer, Commentaries on the Constitution 362. Flanders is also the author of A Treatise on Maritime Law which is also available in reprint from The Lawbook Exchange. |
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ORIGIN OP THE CONSTITUTION | 37 |
THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE CONSTITUTION | 49 |
THE SENATE | 66 |
Power of Congress respecting | 81 |
POWERS OE THE RESPECTIVE HOUSES | 85 |
PRIVILEGES c OE MEMBERS | 94 |
THE PASSAGE OE LAWS | 100 |
POWERS DENIED TO CONGRESS | 138 |
POWERS DENIED TO THE STATES | 147 |
THE PBESIDENT | 162 |
His Power to conveie Congress | 192 |
May be impeached | 198 |
TRIALS AND IMMUNITIES | 217 |
TREASON | 229 |
NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES | 239 |
Commerce | 110 |
Bankrupt laws | 117 |
THE POWERS OE CONGRESS | 120 |
THE PRESIDENT | 131 |
AMENDMENTS | 246 |
PUBLIC DEBT SUPREMACY OJF THE CONSTITUTION | 250 |
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| Título | An Exposition of the Constitution of the United States HeinOnline: World constitutions illustrated Legal classics library Reprints of Legal Classics |
| Autor | Henry Flanders |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 1999 |
| ISBN | 1584770147, 9781584770145 |
| Largo | 311 páginas |
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