 | Political science - 1866 - 760 pages
...constitution given to Parliament. ' The power and jurisdiction of Parliament,' says Sir Edward Coke, ' is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be...either for causes or persons, within any bounds.' And, repeating the words, Sir William Blackstone adds, that it is ' the place where that absolute despotic... | |
 | John George Hodgins - Canada - 1866 - 336 pages
...King John, in 1205. The power and jurisdiction of the Parliament in England have been declared to be " so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined, either for causes or persons, within any bounds. It hatU sovereign and uncontrollable authority in making and repealjng laws." 24. The Governor- General... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 522 pages
...pp. 101-104, 155.) POWER AND JURISDICTION or PARLIAMENT. 1. LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY COLLECTIVELY. — The authority of parliament extends over the United...Kingdom and all its colonies and foreign possessions. There are no other limits to its power of making laws for the whole empire than those which are common... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 926 pages
...as one aggregate body. The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says sir Edward Coke (A), is со transcendent and absolute, that it cannot be confined, either for causes or persons, within any bounds-J And of. this high court, he adds, it may be truly said, ".w' antiquitutem species, est vetustísima... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...which are equally imperative. " The power and jurisdiction of Parliament," says Sir Edward Coke,1 " is so transcendent and absolute, that it cannot be confined, either for persons or causes, within any bounds. And of this high court it may truly be said : ' Si autiquitatem... | |
 | 1869 - 484 pages
...rightly, Sir Edward Coke, one of the leading constitutional writers, affirms the power of Parliament to be so transcendent and absolute, that it cannot be confined,...either for causes or persons, within any bounds. The oath, therefore, in the estimation of our rulers and the body of the people, — the alone competent... | |
 | Oliver Morris Wilson - Constitutional law - 1869 - 588 pages
...Council.2 1499. The power and jurisdiction of the Parliament for making laws in proceeding by bill, is so transcendent, and absolute, that it cannot be...confined, either for causes or persons, within any bounds.8 1500. " Either House doth, even for the most part, show itself so careful to keep firm correspondence... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Barry Turner - Economic geography - 1870 - 874 pages
...constitution given to Parliament. ' The power and jurisdiction of Parliament,' says Sir Edward Coke, l is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be...either for causes or persons, within any bounds.' And, repeating the words, Sir William Blackstone adds, that it is ' the place where that absolute despotic... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1873 - 750 pages
...extracts from debates in Parliament. Sir Edward Coke, referring to the power of Parliament, says it is "so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be...either for causes or persons, within any bounds." Bracton says of the Sovereign, " the law makes him king." The 12 and 13 William III. c. 2 (the Act... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 914 pages
...implications which are equally imperative. " The power and jurisdiction of Parliament, says Sir Edward Coke,1 is so transcendent and absolute, that it cannot be confined, either for persons or causes, within any bounds. And of this high court it may truly be said : ' Si antiquitatem... | |
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The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds. 
