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The Laws Of Jamaica, 1877, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the year 1877.

Published by authority.

Effect Of A Change In The Law Upon Rights Of Actions And Defences, Thomas M. Cooley

Articles

A very interesting and important question frequently is, what effect has been produced upon a right of action, or upon a previously existing defence to an action, by a change in the law effected by statute after the right has accrued, or the cause of action has arisen, to which the defence was applicable. The question is encountered in a great variety of cases, and is sufficiently important to be considered under the several heads where the cases seem to range themselves. This is done imperfectly below.

Griswold V. Bay City, Thomas M. Cooley

Articles

1. RIGHT OF OWNERS OF ADJOINING LOTS TO MATERIAL TAKEN FROM STREETS - SALE OF SAME BY CITY. - In grading a street for the purpose of paving, it was necessary to remove earth which the city had no occasion for, and the street commissioner sold the same to a party who removed and used it. In an action to recover the purchase-price the purchaser defended, claiming that the city did not own the earth, but that it was owned by the adjoining lot-owners. There was no showing that the earth was of any peculiar value, nor did it appear …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1876, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the year 1876.

Published by authority.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1875, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the year 1875.

Published by authority.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1874, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in 1874

Published by authority

A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley

Books

In the Preface to the first edition of this work. the author stated its purpose to be, to furnish to the practitioner and the student of the law such a presentation of elementary constitutional principles as should serve, with the aid of its references to judicial decisions, legal treatises, and historical events, as a convenient guide in the examination of questions respecting the constitutional limitations which rest upon the power of the several State legislatures. … The second edition being exhausted, the author, in preparing a third, has endeavored to give full references to such decisions as have recently been …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1873, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in 1873

Published by authority

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1867, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the year 1869.

Published by authority.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1872, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in 1872

Published by authority

Power Of Judiciary To Declare A Law Unconstitutional, Charles A. Kent

Articles

The judiciary has no power to declare a law unconstitutional unless it conflicts with some provision of the State or Federal Constitution. It will be the purpose of this article to show the reasonableness and meaning of this principle.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1871, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in 1871

Published by authority

A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley

Books

In the Preface to the first edition of this work. the author stated its purpose to be, to furnish to the practitioner and the student of the law such a presentation of elementary constitutional principles as should serve, with the aid of its references to judicial decisions, legal treatises, and historical events, as a convenient guide in the examination of questions respecting the constitutional limitations which rest upon the power of the several State ·legislatures. In the accomplishment of that purpose, the author further stated that he had faithfully endeavored to give the law as it had been settled by …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1869-70, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the year 1869-70.

Published by authority.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1869, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the year 1869.

Published by authority.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1868, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Titles of those passed between the 14th January and the 22d December, 1868, in the Thirty-First and Thirty-Second Years of the Reign of Queen Victoria.

A Treatise On The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon The Legislative Power Of The States Of The American Union, Thomas M. Cooley

Books

“In these pages the author has faithfully endeavored to state the law as it has been settled by the authorities, rather than to present his own views. At the same time he will not attempt to deny -- what will probably be sufficiently apparent -- that he has written in full sympathy with all those restraints which the caution of the fathers has imposed upon the exercise of the powers of government, and with greater faith in the checks and balances of our republican system, and in correct conclusions by the general public sentiment, than in a judicious, prudent, and …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1866 (Sess. Iii), Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the year 1866.

Published by authority.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1864-65, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1863-64 (Sess. I), Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1864 (Sess. Ii), Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1863 (Sess. Ii), Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1861-62, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the Direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1862 (Sess. 1), Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1861, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1860, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-third year of the reign of Queen Victoria. [Session II-III.]

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1859, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-third year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III, Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1858-59, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twenty-second year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III., Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1856, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twentieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III., Cap XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1855-56, Jamaica

Jamaica

Anno Regni Decimo-Nono Victoriae.