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...furtherance of the public welfare; when, therefore, a statute which usually accomplishes this end fails to react to the benefit of the public in a particular case, the fundamental purpose of the law should be considered above its mere verbal provisions. In other words, the public weal supersedes all law." The Supreme Court reasoned in no such way. If it had, it would have said in effect, that this is a government of men and not of laws. For in every case, the opinion of the judge as to what "the public weal" was would be supreme and controlling over...
...right. Their task is to apply legislation to the facts; and if in any case a statute appears capable of more than one interpretation, to construe it as they think the legislature meant it to be construed, subject to general principles of construction. Mr. Leach forgets that the public weal is a thing, concerning which there can be no knowledge, but only opinion; and that our government is based on the idea that we should rely on the opinion of our representative legislatures and not of the courts...
...furtherance of the public welfare; when, therefore, a statue which usually accomplished this end fails to react to the benefit of the public in a particular case, the fundamental purpose of the law should be considered above its mere verbal provisions. In a word, the public weal supersedes...
...women have shown since April last. In all matters of war relief and charity, they have shown themselves able organizers; and in the province of housekeeping and food conservation, they have proved themselves intelligent, thrifty and capable. At a time when everyone is doing his best for the common weal, the women of the land have stood out preeminently for the spirit they have shown, and the results they have accomplished. Their success, then, should be regarded not as a political victory, but as a delicate compliment to the success of their work occasioned directly or indirectly...
...terms of the second prize contest announced in the current number of the Advocate. As was not the case last year, the prizes are restricted to undergraduates, and the subjects of the essays are assigned. Six questions are submitted for discussion: they all deal with matters which concern "the weal of Harvard";--two are claimed by athletics; two by matters more strictly academic (not to say pedagogic); and the remaining two deal with what might be called the "social" questions of our College life, using the word in its broader sense. They are all "live topics", and should stimulate...