 No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay, with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same...  The Federalist: On the New Constitution - Stran 51avtor: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 477 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Kenneth Murray Knuttila, Wendee Kubik - 2000 - 228 strani
...body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what are many of the most important acts of legislation but so many judicial...advocates and parties to the causes which they determine? (79) In contemplating a mode of accommodating these inevitable factions, Madison considered and rejected... | |
 | Harry V. Jaffa - 2004 - 574 strani
...many of the most important acts of legislation, but so many judicial determinations, not indeed of the rights of single persons, but concerning the rights of large bodies of citizens? Where men are judges in their own causes is precisely what is meant by the state of nature, because... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2001 - 70 strani
...body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what are many of the most important acts of legislation but so many judicial...is a question to which the creditors are parties on one side and the debtors on the other. Justice ought to hold the balance between them. Yet the parties... | |
 | Ricardo Blaug, John J. Schwarzmantel - 2000 - 602 strani
...body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what are many of the most important acts of legislation but so many judicial...is a question to which the creditors are parties on one side and the debtors on the other. Justice ought to hold the balance between them. Yet the parties... | |
 | Bernard H. Siegan - 356 strani
...body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what are many of the most important acts of legislation but so many judicial...but advocates and parties to the causes which they determine?83 Madison's views on separation of powers were also reflected in the writings of Thomas... | |
 | John A. Ferejohn, Jack N. Rakove, Jonathan Riley - 2001 - 430 strani
...on the reasons why all such acts were susceptible to the pull of faction. "What are many of the most important acts of legislation, but so many judicial...concerning the rights of large bodies of citizens?" he asked. "And what are the different classes of legislators but advocates and parties to the causes... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 2003 - 692 strani
...body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what are many of the most important acts of legislation but so many judicial...is a question to which the creditors are parties on one side and the debtors on the other. Justice ought to hold the balance between them. Yet the parties... | |
 | Jay Grossman - 2003 - 292 strani
...nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what . . . are the different classes of legislators...advocates and parties to the causes which they determine? (10:124) The exclusion of men from acting as adjudicators for causes in which they are themselves implicated... | |
 | Samuel Kernell - 2003 - 400 strani
...Observing that interest corrupts judgment when judging one's own case, Madison asks his reader: "[W] hat are the different classes of legislators but advocates and parties to the causes which they determine?" (Federalist 10, MP 10, 266). Arguing for the need in every republican constitution for an institution... | |
 | David J. Siemers - 2004 - 316 strani
...legislators is such an obvious fact to Madison that he asserts it simply by posing a rhetorical question: "What are the different classes of legislators but advocates and parties to the causes which they determine?"60 Legislators, just like factions, generally act in an interested manner. Does the representatives'... | |
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