Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma State Bar Association, Volume 21The Association, 1927 - Bar associations List of members in each volume. |
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... CRIMINAL LAWS Vern E. Thompson , Chairman . A. Scott Thompson Ray McNaughton John A. Venable A. C. Wallace Miami Miami Miami .Miami Miami COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF CODE OF LAW ON PRIVATE CORPORATIONS J. H. Miley , Chairman .... .Oklahoma ...
... CRIMINAL LAWS Vern E. Thompson , Chairman . A. Scott Thompson Ray McNaughton John A. Venable A. C. Wallace Miami Miami Miami .Miami Miami COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF CODE OF LAW ON PRIVATE CORPORATIONS J. H. Miley , Chairman .... .Oklahoma ...
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... criminal laws of the State of Tennessee . What is a law ? When I went to law school and was asked what a law was and wanted to get 10 for my ans- wer on that question , I had to give this answer : " A law is a rule of civil conduct ...
... criminal laws of the State of Tennessee . What is a law ? When I went to law school and was asked what a law was and wanted to get 10 for my ans- wer on that question , I had to give this answer : " A law is a rule of civil conduct ...
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... criminal law of Tennessee against tipping , had hand- ed the waitress a quarter for courteous treatment at the dinner table . It was a joke . Legislatures must rise to the dignity and intelligence of the people whom they presume to ...
... criminal law of Tennessee against tipping , had hand- ed the waitress a quarter for courteous treatment at the dinner table . It was a joke . Legislatures must rise to the dignity and intelligence of the people whom they presume to ...
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... Criminal Court of Ap- peals disagreeing on a fundamental matter that should be settled . These questions have all been called to the at- tention of the citizenship of this state . It is not only the lawyer that knows that we have this ...
... Criminal Court of Ap- peals disagreeing on a fundamental matter that should be settled . These questions have all been called to the at- tention of the citizenship of this state . It is not only the lawyer that knows that we have this ...
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... criminal statutes , and thus I come to my first subject : REVISION OF THE PROCEDURAL STATUTES WITH REFERENCE TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR CRIMINAL LAWS . The American Bar Association , through its section on criminal law , has given this ...
... criminal statutes , and thus I come to my first subject : REVISION OF THE PROCEDURAL STATUTES WITH REFERENCE TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR CRIMINAL LAWS . The American Bar Association , through its section on criminal law , has given this ...
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Page 105 - ... speaks not only in the same words, but with the same meaning and intent with which it spoke when it came from the hands of its framers, and was voted on and adopted by the people of the United States. Any other rule of construction would abrogate the judicial character of this court, and make it the mere reflex of the popular opinion or passion of the day.
Page 119 - But if the government be national with regard to the operation of its powers, it changes its aspect again when we contemplate it in relation to the extent of its powers. The idea of a national...
Page 119 - The State Legislatures will not apply for alterations but with a view to increase their own powers. The National Legislature will be the first to perceive and will be most sensible to the necessity of amendments, and ought also to be empowered, whenever two thirds of each branch should concur to call a Convention.
Page 100 - The American Bar Association is of the opinion that graduation from a law school should not confer the right of admission to the bar, and that every candidate should be subjected to an examination by public authority to determine his fitness.
Page 113 - I hold it for a fundamental point, that an individual independence of the states is utterly irreconcilable with the idea of an aggregate sovereignty.
Page 190 - All papers read before the Association shall be lodged with the Secretary. The Annual Address of the President, the Reports of Committees, and all proceedings at the Annual Meeting shall be printed; but no other address made or paper read or presented shall be printed, except by order of the Committee on Publications.
Page 106 - We, the people of the United States," do ordain and establish the following Constitution, — so runs the majestic and vital instrument. It contains provisions for its own emendation. When the people will, they may set it aside, and put in place of it one wholly different ; and no other nation can intervene. But while it continues, it, and the laws made normally...
Page 189 - This constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of three-fourths of the members present at any annual meeting, but no such change shall be made at any meeting at which less than fifty members are present.
Page 185 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 120 - Its principal purpose was not the distribution of power between the United States and the States, but a reservation to the people of all powers not granted. The preamble of the Constitution declares who framed it, "we the people of the United States...