 | 1868 - 542 Seiten
...interpretation of the laws is trie proper and peculiar province of the courts. A Constitution is yi fact, and must be regarded by the judges as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1869 - 856 Seiten
...among other things, to konp t.hn within the limits assigned to their authority^. The intcrpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of...fundamental law. It must therefore belong to them >to uncertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any parIticular act proceeding from the legislative... | |
 | 1918 - 502 Seiten
...the gifted men who persuaded the states to adopt it. "The interpretation of the laws," says Hamilton, "is the proper and peculiar province of the courts....be regarded by the judges as a fundamental law. It, therefore, belongs to them to ascertain its meaning as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding... | |
 | 1920 - 496 Seiten
...In an early Virginia case it was said : "The interpretation of the law is the proper and particular province of the Courts. A constitution is in fact,...be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding... | |
 | 1917 - 510 Seiten
...acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. "A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It, therefore, belongs to them to ascer"Nor does this conclusion by any means suppose a superiority of... | |
 | James Breckinridge Waller - 1880 - 104 Seiten
...Federal Judiciary, so clearly expounded in the following extract from No. 78 of that great work: " The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar...and must be regarded by the judges as a fundamental lawIt must, therefore, belong to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular... | |
 | 1912 - 788 Seiten
...exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the constitution can be valid. . . . The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar...be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1886 - 652 Seiten
...legislature, in order, among other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority. The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar...be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding... | |
 | 1886 - 800 Seiten
...v. Van Kleeck, 5 Am. Dec. 291]; 3 Cook, 7; 6 Bac. Stat. 11. The constitution is one of them, and " is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges as a fundamental law :" Federalist No. 78. It was created by the people who, in our republics, are "the supreme power:"... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1888 - 676 Seiten
...legislature, in order, amont; other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority. The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar...be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding... | |
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The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is in fact, and must be, regarded by the judges as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning as well as the meaning of any... 
