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... Judicial Evidence , p . 54 ) . In the year 1800 there were in England 200 crimes , many of them now mere misdemeanors , that were pun- ishable with the death penalty . Before 1836 counsel could not address a jury in behalf of a client ...
... Judicial Evidence , p . 54 ) . In the year 1800 there were in England 200 crimes , many of them now mere misdemeanors , that were pun- ishable with the death penalty . Before 1836 counsel could not address a jury in behalf of a client ...
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... judicial system . In 1828 in a speech in the House of Commons of re- markable power and comprehensiveness , he went far along the path blazed by Bentham , but , of course , with a more definite hope of securing practical reforms . It ...
... judicial system . In 1828 in a speech in the House of Commons of re- markable power and comprehensiveness , he went far along the path blazed by Bentham , but , of course , with a more definite hope of securing practical reforms . It ...
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... judicial procedure could be re- formed so as to ameliorate the existing conditions , the task would proceed . But the insufficiencies of the law do not touch the people closely enough or frequently enough to excite their prompt and ...
... judicial procedure could be re- formed so as to ameliorate the existing conditions , the task would proceed . But the insufficiencies of the law do not touch the people closely enough or frequently enough to excite their prompt and ...
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... judicial decisions of the State of New York ; to investigate any defects it may find in the present law and in its administration ; and to recommend such changes as are necessary , to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules ...
... judicial decisions of the State of New York ; to investigate any defects it may find in the present law and in its administration ; and to recommend such changes as are necessary , to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules ...
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... Judicial Council to observe the workings of the courts of justice and to make recommendations of improvements in procedure . In any attempt to effect general law reform in this country serious difficulties arise from the fact that in ...
... Judicial Council to observe the workings of the courts of justice and to make recommendations of improvements in procedure . In any attempt to effect general law reform in this country serious difficulties arise from the fact that in ...
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Page 49 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 207 - ... to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States...
Page 196 - The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a. clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Page 8 - States, any bar association or other learned bodies. 3. To receive and consider suggestions from judges, justices, public officials, lawyers and the public generally as to defects and anachronisms in the law. 4. To recommend, from time to time, such changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law, and to bring the law of this state, civil and criminal, into harmony with modern conditions.
Page 65 - Where an appeal is taken upon the facts, the appellate court has the same power to decide the questions of fact, which the surrogate had ; and it may, in its discretion, receive further testimony or documentary evidence, and appoint a referee.
Page 10 - shall be (1) to promote uniformity in state laws on all subjects where uniformity is deemed desirable and practicable...
Page ix - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — 'left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Page 64 - It shall thereupon render judgment of affirmance, judgment of reversal and final judgment upon the right of any or all of the parties, or judgment of modification thereon, according to law, except where it may be necessary or proper to grant a new trial or hearing, when it may grant a new trial or hearing.
Page 70 - ... by the personal representatives of the deceased patient, or if the validity of the last will and testament of such deceased patient is in question, by the executor or executors named in said will, or the surviving husband, widow or any heir-at-law or any of the next of kin, of such deceased, or any other party in interest.
Page 152 - The theory of our system is that the conclusions to be reached in a case will be induced only by evidence and argument in open court, and not by any outside influence, whether of private talk or public print.