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LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY. A42672
COPYRIGHT 1890, BY
WILLIAM G. HAMMOND.
THE STUDY, NATURE, AND EXTENT OF THE LAW..1-286
BOOK I.
OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS.............
..187-467
INTRODUCTION.
PAGE OF BLACKSTONE.
THE STUDY, NATURE, AND EXTENT OF THE LAW.. 1
NOTES.
1. Definition of liberty.........
2. Mediæval teaching of English law.
3. Revival of Roman law in twelfth century..
4. Vacarius and his school.....
5. Opinion of Roman law in England..
6. Connection between the two systems...
7. The abbot of Torum's case..........
8. History of the Vinerian professorship..
American law schools.
9. General map of the law..
10. The unity of law..
The law and a law............
Blackstone's theory.......
11. American jurists on the command of a superior...
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PAGE OF NOTES.
39
40
43
46
47
49
55
57
59
63
95
105
107
112
24. Authentic interpretation and declaratory laws........160
25. Equitable interpretation........
163
26. Written and unwritten laws................................................................... ............................ 200
27. Anglo-Saxon laws.......
30. Judge-made law and the authority of decisions.. 213
31. Particular customs and usage....
34. Parliament cannot bind its successors.............
35. Acts contrary to reason are void......
36. Authority of the common law in America................ 275
37. Appeals to the king in council.....
1. The origin of legal rights and their relation to laws.. 316
2. Rights of persons and things, rights in rem and in
personam, rights to things real and personal..
3. Rights in rem are against all persons...
4. The nature of legal rights and duties........
5. The absolute rights...........
6. Duress of goods....
7. Civil death.....
8. Definition of civil liberty.
9. Extradition.....
10. Eminent domain........
II. Of the Parliament.....
11. The estates of the realm.
III. Of the King, and his Title..
330
337
340
348
351
352
353
358
359
146
414
190
V. Of the councils belonging to the King................ 227
VI. Of the King's Duties........
VII.
Of the King's Prerogative..........
13. No action lies against the state......
14. Jurisdiction over diplomatic agents....
15. Safe conducts........
16. Roman view of commerce.....................
17. The king's ubiquity...
VIII.
Of the King's Revenue..
IX. Of subordinate Magistrates..............
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Of the People, whether Aliens, Denizens, or
CHAPTER.
XIII. Of the Military and Maritime States........... 408
Of Master and Servant.......
XIV.
22. Service and agency discriminated.
23. Is perpetual service legal
24. Assault on master.....
422
719
726
727
42. The law of guardianship.......
43. Privileges and disabilities of infancy.
XVIII. - Of Corporations.........
44. Public and municipal corporations......
800
460
809
811
467