In the compound Republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the... Register of Debates in Congress - Page 297by John Hohnes - 1833Full view - About this book
| Janet Hiebert - Law - 2002 - 310 pages
...to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments," thus providing "a double security" for the rights of the people. "The different governments...same time that each will be controlled by itself." The Federalist Papers (New York: New American Library 1961), no. 51, 320-5. 4 Ibid., no. 84, 515. 5... | |
| Mary C. Segers - Political Science - 2002 - 268 pages
...is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each, subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence, a...rights of the people. The different governments will controul each other, at the same time that each will be controuled by itself. Second, it is of great... | |
| Robert Cooter - Law - 2002 - 440 pages
...law, such as no liability, negligence, gross negligence, and strict liability. CHAPTER I4 Civil Rights It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the... | |
| Carol Weisbrod - Law - 2009 - 233 pages
...Tocqueville, Democracy in America, vol. 1, chap. 8) was familiar earlier to readers of The Federalist. "It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of society against the injustice... | |
| David Wootton - 388 pages
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| John Caldwell Calhoun - History - 2003 - 766 pages
...is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double...same time that each will be controlled by itself." He thus clearly affirms the control of the States over the General Government, which he traces to the... | |
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