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Excerpt from A Selection of Cases on Constitutional Law, Vol. 3: Some Provisions Protecting the Individual and Simultaneously Promoting Nationalism
This collection is to be contained in one volume. It will be divided into four books, which may be obtained separately. Book I. Deals with introductory topics, beginning with the distinction between legislative, executive, and judicial powers, then passing to federal government, in other words, the general relation of State and Nation, and concluding with what may be called imperial government, or problems incident to the exercise by the Nation of governmental functions in the District of Columbia, the territories, and the insular possessions. Book II. Deals with miscellaneous topics, and especially with some of the express limitations in the Constitution of the United States, includ ing the clauses as to ex post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts. 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.