 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1971 - 248 pages
....Chief Justice Marshall: "A Constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means...may be carried into execution, would partake of the perplexity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced within the human mind. * * * The Government... | |
 | Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1901 - 468 pages
...Constitution, he said: "A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the sub-divisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means...partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could hardly be embraced by the human mind. It would probafoly never be understood by the public. Its nature,... | |
 | Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1905 - 324 pages
...contain an accurate detail of all the sVibdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all means by which they may be carried into execution,...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It could probably never be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore, requires that only its great... | |
 | Bernard H. Siegan - Law - 232 pages
...McCulloch v. Maryland. A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means...they may be carried into execution, would partake of a prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It would probably never... | |
 | Diane D. Blair - Political Science - 1988 - 396 pages
...best organized groups. CHAPTER SEVEN The Constitution: Provisions and Politics A constitution . . . requires that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects designated. Chief Justice John Marshall, 1819 All affidavits of Registration shall be made and executed in quadruplicate,... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Howard Dickman - Law - 1990 - 360 pages
..."nature" of the Constitution, said Marshall, requires that it avoid "the prolixity of a legal code," its "great outlines should be marked, its important objects designated, and the main ingredients which compose those objects deduced from the nature of the objects themselves." 87... | |
 | Joseph Goldstein Sterling Professor of Law Yale University Law School - Law - 1992 - 225 pages
...it, the Court said: A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. It probably would never be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore, requires, that only its great... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 774 pages
...Justice Marshall said: "A Constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which it may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a political code, and could scarcely... | |
 | Roger Simonds - Jurisprudence - 1995 - 322 pages
...minutely described. A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. ..1ts nature, therefore, requires, that only its great outlines should be marked, its important objects... | |
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A Constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced... 
