The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental Structures of Ancient and Modern States, Their Growth and Decay and the Leading Principles of Their Laws, Volumen1Princeton University Press, 1916 - 1221 páginas |
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... land , within the memory of the writer and those of his generation , slavery was the most important institution in nearly one half of the Republic . No law can be a greater departure from the moral law than that which sanctions slavery ...
... land , within the memory of the writer and those of his generation , slavery was the most important institution in nearly one half of the Republic . No law can be a greater departure from the moral law than that which sanctions slavery ...
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... land mo- nopoly is allowed and protected . The only limitations on the amount and kind of land over which one may exercise abso- luate dominion are ability to purchase or otherwise acquire title and liability to taxation and the ...
... land mo- nopoly is allowed and protected . The only limitations on the amount and kind of land over which one may exercise abso- luate dominion are ability to purchase or otherwise acquire title and liability to taxation and the ...
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... land monopoly peculiarly oppressive . The safety and permanence of investments in land make them at- tractive to people having surplus means . Pride also is grati- fied by the possession of large estates . These influences operate ...
... land monopoly peculiarly oppressive . The safety and permanence of investments in land make them at- tractive to people having surplus means . Pride also is grati- fied by the possession of large estates . These influences operate ...
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... land to till . There were no landlords to collect rent , no usurers to extort interest , no promoters taking anticipated profits of labor , no exploiters monopolizing natural resources . Every one had his share of the land assigned to ...
... land to till . There were no landlords to collect rent , no usurers to extort interest , no promoters taking anticipated profits of labor , no exploiters monopolizing natural resources . Every one had his share of the land assigned to ...
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... land , often to a high degree , Livingston , Stanley and other travelers fail to inform us of any system of laws governing land ten- ures . The chief or king may decide disputes between con- flicting claimants , but he does so according ...
... land , often to a high degree , Livingston , Stanley and other travelers fail to inform us of any system of laws governing land ten- ures . The chief or king may decide disputes between con- flicting claimants , but he does so according ...
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Página 143 - I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free...
Página 828 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Página 732 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Página 372 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Página 845 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Página 135 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to -go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Página 147 - God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses, forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Página 840 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation.
Página 147 - Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Página 145 - But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.