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EFFET LOI [2 records]

Record 1 2012-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

While Chief Justice Marshall intimated in Fletcher v. Peck ... that the motives which dominate or influence legislators in enacting laws are not fit for judicial inquiry, we do look closely at the thrust of a law to determine whether in purpose or effect there was an invasion of constitutional rights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Lois et documents juridiques
CONT

Effet d'une loi [...] Les dispositions d'une loi s'interprètent les unes par les autres en donnant à chacune le sens qui résulte de l'ensemble et qui lui donne effet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Legal System
OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fraseología
  • Régimen jurídico
OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de la Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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