An Exposition of the Constitution of the United States

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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 1999 - 311 strani
Flanders, Henry. An Exposition of the Constitution of the United States. Designed as a Manual of Instruction. Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co., 1860. xii, 311 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-31594. ISBN 1-58477-014-7. Cloth. $60. * Flanders [1824-1911], a well-known and highly regarded Philadelphia lawyer of his time, clearly describes the origin and organization of the Constitution and the legislature and its branches, the power of Congress and the power denied to Congress and the states under the Constitution. Written for students, and thus written in a lucid and organized manner, with questions for the reader in the notes on each page. The work went through several editions, this being a reprint of the first edition. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 2821. Bauer, Commentaries on the Constitution 362. Flanders is also the author of A Treatise on Maritime Law which is also available in reprint from The Lawbook Exchange.
 

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THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
13
THE PRESIDENT
16
ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION
37
THE POWERS OF CONGRESS
40
Powers of the Confederation
43
THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE CONSTITUTION
49
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THE SENATE
66
THE POWERS OF CONGRESS
105
POWERS DENIED TO CONGRESS
138
POWERS DENIED TO THE STATES
147
THE PRESIDENT
162
His Power to convene Congress
192
May be impeached
198
TRIALS AND IMMUNITIES
217
TREASON
229

Judgment in cases of Impeachment
77
THE MEETING OF CONGRESS
84
POWERS OF THE RESPECTIVE HOUSES
85
Disability to hold Office
98
NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES
239
AMENDMENTS
246
PUBLIC DEBT SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
249
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Stran 28 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.

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