...States v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 358 [2 L. Ed. 304, see, also, Rose's US Notes], is particularly applicable: "Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles...justice to suppose a design to effect such objects." The determination of the issue in this case must depend upon the construction of the provision of section...

...language of Chief Justice Marshall, in United States v. Fisher et at., 1 Cond. S. C. Reports, 425. Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles are overthrown, where the general system of the law is departed from, the '.'legislative intention must be expressed with irresistible clearness,"...

...construction, that construction is to be avoided, unless the meaning of the legislature be plain .... . . . Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles...justice to suppose a design to effect such objects. Marshall added, however, that this was "a principle which must be applied with caution." Id. at 390....

...clearness" to persuade a court that the drafters of a statute meant to reach "mischie[vous]" results "[w]here rights are infringed, where fundamental principles...where the general system of the laws is departed from "; but otherwise "it would be going a great way, to say that a constrained interpretation must be put...

...general system of the law is departed from, the Legislative intention must be expressed with itresistible clearness, to induce a court of justice to suppose a design to effect such objects. These rules are as old as law. They rise our of the very elements of law. It is to protect human rights,...

...political regulation and inconvenience, on the other, leaving political regulation to the legislature. "Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles...court of justice to suppose a design to effect such objects."106 Marshall here sounds a lot like Alexander Hamilton, whose only comment on statutory interpretation...

...Marshall in the 1 805 case of United States v. Fisher*1 should be applied to the constitution as well: Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles are overthrown, where the general system of laws is departed from, the legislative intention must be expressed with irresistible clearness, to...

...authority. Political truth Chief Justice John Marshall United States v. Fisher 6 US 358, 390 (1805) Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles...justice to suppose a design to effect such objects. Keywords: Court of justice, Fundamental principles. Legislative intent, Rights Chief Justice John Marshall...

...where the fundamental principles of the law are overthrown — where the general system of the law is departed from, the legislative intention must be expressed with irresistible clearness." The same court says that the language of the law must be construed strictly in favour of justice and...

...has told us that language must be construed strictly in favor of liberty and justice. It has told us where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles are overthrown, where the general system of the law is departed from, the Legislative intention must be expressed with irresistible clearness, to induce...