COMMENTARIES ON STATUTE AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION, CONTAINING AN EXAMINATION OF ADJUDGED CASES ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW...Smith, E. FitchItem #: 63637 Pages: xv, 976 pp. Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; Reprinted in 2007. Reprint of the only edition. Written at the time of theMexican War (1846-48), a period marked by intense debateabout slavery, states' rights and "manifest destiny," thisbook is essentially a compilation of opinions by leadingAmerican and English judges on questions connected withconstitutional and statute law. These are linked togetherwith interpretive commentary by Smith. A strictconstructionist, he is horrified by the "excess oflegislation" of "doubtful constitutionality." It is "one ofthe greatest evils of our age which has engrafted itselfupon our political institutions" (vi).Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |