This section is from the book "The Law Of Contracts", by William Herbert Page. Also available from Amazon: Commercial Contracts: A Practical Guide to Deals, Contracts, Agreements and Promises.
By its terms, this clause of the Constitution forbids "any law" of the kind specified. " Law ': as used in this sense undoubtedly includes written laws of every class, such as state constitutions,1 state statutes,2 and city ordinances.3
 
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