Concerning justice / Lucilius A. Emery.

Delanco, N.J. : Legal Classics Library, 2001.

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Justice.

Justice, administration of.

Courts -- United States.

I. The problem stated. Theories as to the source of justice. Definitions of justice

II. The problem of rights. Different theories as to the source of rights

III. The problem of rights continued. The need of liberty of action for the individual

IV. Justice the equilibrium between the freedom of the individual and the safety of society

V. Justice can be secured only through governmental action. The best form of government

VI. The necessity of constitutional limitations upon the powers of the government. Bills of Rights

VII. The interpretation and enforcement of constitutional limitations necessarily a function of the judiciary

VIII. An independent and impartial judiciary essential for justice

IX. The necessity of maintaining undiminished the constitutional limitations and the power of the courts to enforce them

Conclusion.

Originally published: New Haven : Yale Univ Pr, 1914.

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