Author: Edwin Griffith Davis

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-27

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 9781330423950

Excerpt from A Text-Book of Constitutional Law: Act of March 3, 1875 This Text-Book of Constitutional Law is offered to those high schools and colleges whose aim is to give their students, first, a thorough knowledge of what the Constitution is, how it originated, and the subjects with which it deals; second, a sufficient, practical knowledge of the questions that have arisen under it, how they have been decided, and the general principles of constitutional law. Experience as an instructor has led the writer to the conclusion that the method of presentation here adopted is the best possible to secure these results. Written in such simple and readable language as to be easily understood, it is believed that this book will meet the wants of all institutions except those whose course is so extended as to require a treatise, and that it will be found useful to those members of the bar who desire a work whose simplicity of arrangement and reference will enable them to refer at once to the leading cases that have arisen under the Constitution and laws of the United States. Attention is invited to the treatment of the following subjects: the taxing power, the power to regulate commerce, the money and war powers of Congress, laws impairing the obligation of contracts, the Federal judicial system, the status of the Territories belonging to the United States, and the proper relation of the State and Federal Governments - subjects which the student seldom understands, owing to the brief and imperfect consideration given them in what are usually called manuals of the Constitution. The list of questions given in an Appendix will serve to test the students' knowledge of the subject. They are intended to be used by him for purposes of review and self-examination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.