Magna Carta, and Other AddressesGuthrie, William D. (William Dameron)
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Magna Carta, and Other Addresses
Guthrie, William D. (William Dameron)
Constitutional law -- United States
Greece, fundamental laws in, 6;
ancestor-worship, 27;
Athenian democracy, 42, 75.
Gunter _vs._ Atlantic Coast Line, 96.
Habeas corpus, Writ of, the bulwark of personal liberty, 15, 16;
its antecedent in Magna Carta, 15;
in England, 15, 107;
rendered effective by the courts, 77.
Hamilton, Alexander, 71, 74, 88, 161.
Hampden, John, 17, 34.
Hans _vs._ Louisiana, 95.
Hearn, Lafcadio, 28, 29n.
Henry VIII., 32, 36.
Holden _vs._ Hardy, 60.
Hunter _vs._ Wood, 119n.
Impositions, Case of, 17.
Income Tax cases, 173, 175.
Income Tax, 159, 173-175.
Inheritance Tax, 159-160, 167-173.
Initiative and Referendum, a menace to our republican form of
government, 39, 193;
origin in distrust of legislatures, 44;
agitation for, 47, 204;
in Australia, 81;
a scheme of the Progressives, 204-209.
Injunctions, as used to restrain state officers, 87-88, 97, 109-114;
to restrain officers of the crown in England, 106-107;
to restrain criminal proceedings, 117-119;
to prevent the enforcement of unconstitutional state statutes, 120,
125, 127, 128;
use in connection with strikes and labor disputes, 146-152, 212-217;
New York practice, 148, 151-152.
Inquisition, Writ of, 14, 15.
Institutions, the slower their growth the more enduring they are, 1;
English source of American institutions, 98, 266-267;
the Roman Catholic church and American institutions, 249-250.
Intestate succession 167-169.
Ives case, 65-69, 153.
Jacobs case, 49-57, 153, 154.
James I., 17, 30n, 31n.
Japan, 27-29, 197.
Jefferson, Thomas, 186, 187, 189, 197, 205.
John, King, 4, 7, 12, 25.
Judges, qualifications, 13, 14, 70, 142, 243-245;
bound by principles, rules and precedents, 46;
not infallible, 47;
duty to enforce the law, 128, 129, 209;
selection and tenure, 139-142, 243-245;
should be defended against unjust criticism, 69-70, 126-128, 157-158.
_See_ Judiciary and Recall.
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