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Administrative Boards And Delegation Power, William Burns Lawless
Administrative Boards And Delegation Power, William Burns Lawless
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With the growth of American federalism and the passing of the doctrines of laissez faire as axioms of economic and political legal theory, the Congressional function magnified. Throughout the last decade the multiphased problems of Congress has necessitated the creation of administrative commissions to perform-the policies of the legislature. Congress continues to declare the law and determine the legal principle to control in given cases. In the same breath of legal creation it goes farther and provides for an administrator or commission to vitiate the doctrine set-out. The transfusion of power from the national legislature to the administrator promotes sensitive …
Constitutional Aspects Of The Conflict Of Laws: Recent Developments, Joseph O'Meara
Constitutional Aspects Of The Conflict Of Laws: Recent Developments, Joseph O'Meara
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In diversity-of-citizenship cases Erie v. Tompkins has been extended to the field of conflict of laws by Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Mfg. Co. This "prohibition...against...independent is in line with an earlier pronouncement, in Kryger v. Wilson in 1916, that "a mistaken application of doctrines of the conflict of laws...being purely a question of local common law, is a matter with which [the United States Supreme Court] is not concerned," and with the repeated declaration that "the Constitution...does not guarantee that the decisions of state courts shall be free from error."
The Fundamental Rights Of Man, Thomas Frank Konop
The Fundamental Rights Of Man, Thomas Frank Konop
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This article transcribes discourse between Dean Thomas F. Konop of Notre Dame Law School and Mr. James J Boyle of the senior law class. Mr. Boyles begins by inquiring about the rights individuals have and the sources of said rights. Dean Konop delves into a discussion of the history of the law in America. He states that we derive our law from the common law of England, and we find our rights expressed in the common law and the Constitution of England; therefore, we must go to England to look for the basis of our rights. There are four main …
The Constitutionality Of New Deal Measures, Clarence Emmett Manion
The Constitutionality Of New Deal Measures, Clarence Emmett Manion
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In this article, Clarence Manion warns that to honor the Constitution's form but not its substance is to essentially destroy the document. He opines that "Regulation of persons and things is never justified nor justifiable as an end in itself. Regulation for the sake of regulation is paternalism; but regulation as the only means for individual protection is a bulwark of our traditional American liberty. Regulation finds its only justification in the proof of the fact that it is a necessary means for adequate protection of the citizen's rights.
What Will Become Of Prohibition, Clarence Emmett Manion
What Will Become Of Prohibition, Clarence Emmett Manion
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Because of the substantial minority support for Prohibition and the Eighteenth Amendment, this article suggests that it would difficult, if not impossible, to repeal the amendment despite the fact that 3 in 5 Americans would support its repeal. The article looks at potential options of lessening the impact of the Eighteenth Amendment, including removing penalties for it, repealing State enforcement acts, and forbidding nullification of search warrant requirements. Finally, it looks at the quality of liquor as a solution to an "unusually interesting" and "ultimately worthwhile" problem.
Review Of The Constitution And What It Means Today By Edward S. Corwin, Clarence Emmett Manion
Review Of The Constitution And What It Means Today By Edward S. Corwin, Clarence Emmett Manion
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This is the fourth edition of a small and practical volume intended not so much for law students as for the information of the general public. Students of Constitutional Law will -find this book helpful in pursuing the study of the Constitution in its natural sequence, a procedure that is well-nigh impossible in the ordinary law courses dealing with the subject of Constitutional Law.
Review Of Cases On Constitutional Law By Dudley O. Mcgovney, Clarence Emmett Manion
Review Of Cases On Constitutional Law By Dudley O. Mcgovney, Clarence Emmett Manion
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This is an up-to-date case book sufficiently condensed to make it serviceable with certain discriminating eliminations for semester courses in Constitutional Law. The most decided advantage that a case book on Constitutional Law can have is flexibility of outline. Professor McGovney's text has this feature.
Proximate Sources Of The Constitution, Clarence Emmett Manion
Proximate Sources Of The Constitution, Clarence Emmett Manion
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The average American who thinks of our Federal Document only in terms of the Philadelphia Convention may not have fully appreciated the fact that before the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, every American State had already achieved its constitutional independence and had established its own organic law, by which it should not only remain free from the foreign dominion of Great Britain, but should also remain an indestructible unit in The American Federal System. He must remember that the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" which leagued the alleged sovereign and independent States, were in force at the time of …
Revocation Of Building Permits, Joseph O'Meara
Revocation Of Building Permits, Joseph O'Meara
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There is considerable confusion in text books and decisions in the use of the expression "vested interest", the same being sometimes used as though the owner of a vested interest becomes completely immune from legislation. Theoretically, as a building permit does not create a vested interest nor property right, no amount of expenditure in reliance on a building permit can create such a vested interest or property right as to effect a limitation upon the exercise of the police power. The problem is to devise a formula which, while meeting the objections to the scintilla rule, will put the judge …
Liberty And The Police Power, Clarence Emmett Manion
Liberty And The Police Power, Clarence Emmett Manion
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The American citizen now has practically no rights of person or property that neither Congress nor the State legislature may not impair by legislation. The adoption of the Articles of Confederation and the Federal Constitution served merely to transfer to the Federal government certain powers formerly exercised by the individual States. When all individuals were protected in the exercise of their respective rights it was never supposed that the rights of the individual were to be protected or approached through the avenues of legislation dictated by majority opinions as to what is now and again for the "general good". The …
Congress And The Supreme Court, Thomas Frank Konop
Congress And The Supreme Court, Thomas Frank Konop
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In 1924, Plank Five of the Platform of the Independent candidate for President proposed a constitutional amendment that would enable Congress to override judicial review by reenacting a statute. Such an amendment would, of course, run in stark contrast to Chief Justice Marshall’s opinion in Marbury v. Madison. This paper explores nature of this proposed amendment and analyzes the implications of overturning the foundation of judicial power in our tripartite system of government. In sum, the author suggests that judicial review serves as an excellent check on Congress and the temporary passions of the public itself.
Shrinking Bill Of Rights, Clarence Emmett Manion
Shrinking Bill Of Rights, Clarence Emmett Manion
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The assertion of intrinsic, God given rights correlated with the decline of monarchical power. The United States’ understanding that all men and women are endowed with unalienable rights was a long and hard-fought conclusion. However, this article argues that the Bill of Rights has gradually changed from being the bold guardian of individual liberty originally envisioned. Ironically, this change can be attributed to the courts and the legislature.
Constitutional Law - War Powers Of Congress (Validity Of Conscription Act), Francis Joseph Vurpillat
Constitutional Law - War Powers Of Congress (Validity Of Conscription Act), Francis Joseph Vurpillat
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This paper was read before The Round Table of South Bend, Indiana, and before the classes in constitutional law prior to the rendition of the decision by the United States Supreme Court, sustaining the Conscription Act. The paper is here presented in its original form, by request, on account of its controversial character and legal-brief style, the subject-matter of constitutional law and war powers being ever new to students of the law.