Author : John Holmes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333862169
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (621 download)
Book Synopsis The Statesman, Or Principles of Legislation and Law (Classic Reprint) by : John Holmes
Download or read book The Statesman, Or Principles of Legislation and Law (Classic Reprint) written by John Holmes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Statesman, or Principles of Legislation and Law But this inquiry is, perhaps, for us, more speculative than profitable. The jurisdictional and territorial rights or claims of the native Indians were scarcely distinguishable from each other. Both were in the tribe or community, and individual possessions in lands were scarcely known. As the life of the Indian is ambulatory, his occupation of the land was transient and for temporary purposes, and common to others with him self. The treaties of cession by the chiefs or head men, with the consent of the tribe, and the charters of the European dis coverers, ceding the territory and jurisdiction to the colony and prescribing the rules of individual right - have so perfected the titles in Maine, that we have very little reason to discuss their origin. By a recurrence to the origin of our political institutions, we are struck with the singular fact that nearly all the charters which form the basis of our liberties emanated from the three first sovereigns of the House of Stuart - a family not much distinguished for their respect for popular rights. 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.