Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical: With Observations Upon the Ordinary Provisions of State Constitutions and a Comparison with the Constitutions of Other Countries

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Compromises of the Constitution
41
Result of the Federal Convention
45
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER I
46
Limitations of the Federal Constitution on the Power of the States
54
CHAPTER II
61
Sovereignty of the States before the Federal Constitution
63
The Constitution was formed by the Thirteen States
70
Legality of an Indissoluble Union between Sovereign States
73
The Constitution is not a Legal Compact
75
Proceedings in the Federal Convention concerning the Composition of the Senate
76
Senatorial Elections
77
Classification of the Senate
78
Filling Vacancies in the Senate
79
Proceedings in Federal Convention as to the Determination of the Form of the New Government
80
Constitutional Provisions Concerning the Presidency and Officers of the Senate
81
History of the Provisions as to the Presidency and Officers of the Senate
82
Powers of the VicePresident over the Senate
83
The President pro tempore of the Senate 500 502 504
84
Other Officers of the Senate
85
CHAPTER XIII
86
Origin of Impeachments
87
Proceedings in the Convention as to Impeachment
88
Reasons for the Trial of Impeachments by the Senate
89
History of Impeachments before the Senate of the United States
90
Persons Subject to Impeachment
91
History of the Preamble
92
Impeachable Offences
93
Significance of the Phrase We the people of the United States
94
Causes for which Public Officers may be Removed
95
Significance of the Phrase to form a more perfect Union
96
Significance of the Phrase to Establish Justice
97
Significance of the Phrase to Insure domestic Tranquillity 0
98
Significance of the Phrase to provide for the Common Defense
99
Significance of the Phrase to secure the Blessings of Liberty
100
Swearing of the Senate
101
Appearance of the Accused
102
Significance of the Word Constitution
103
Testimony of Contemporary Statesmen on the Nature of the Consti tution
104
Proceedings on the Trial of an Impeachment
105
Evidence upon Impeachment Trials
106
Arguments of Counsel
107
Judicial Decisions as to the Nature of the Constitution
108
Imposition of Penalty upon Conviction
109
Constitutional History of the Southern Confederacy
186
Reconstruction
207
108
247
110
248
119
249
125
250
145
254
158
256
163
258
186
264
205
269
An Act Concerning Aliens
279
The Sedition
281
Virginia Resolutions of 1798
282
Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
285
Second Ordinance of Nullification
296
CHAPTER III
297
History of the Classification of Governmental Powers 297
299
Reasons for the Separation of the Three Powers
302
Equilibrium of the Three Departments in the United States
303
CHAPTER IV
306
Origin of Congress
309
Proceedings in Convention as to the Composition of Congress CHAPTER V
316
CHAPTER VI
319
The Fifteenth Amendment
327
The Power of Congress over the Right of Suffrage
330
NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS FOR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
355
Congressional Decisions on Qualifications of Senators and Represen
362
CHAPTER VIII
369
319 325
394
Manner of Apportionment
395
508
406
330
407
The Census
411
Direct Taxes
417
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII
424
512
446
CHAPTER IX
447
The Speaker of the House
453
Origin of the Senate
459
529
493
State Impeachment Trials
633
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TítuloCommentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical: With Observations Upon the Ordinary Provisions of State Constitutions and a Comparison with the Constitutions of Other Countries
Making of modern law
AutorRoger Foster
EditoraBoston Book Company, 1895
Original deUniversidade de Michigan
Digitalizado21 Nov 2008
Número de páginas713 páginas
  
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