Commentaries on American Law, Volum 1

Little, Brown, 1860 - 692 sider

Page	xxii

OF THE LAW OF NATIONS	xxxvii

Assistance to allies in	63

Confiscation of debts	74

LECTURE IV	83

Of the Rights of Belligerents	99

Of the Rights and Duties of Neutrals	124

Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade	143

Of the Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court	349

Its original jurisdiction	350

Its appellate jurisdiction in cases pending in State Courts	352

Its powers in cases of mandamus	357

Its original jurisdiction where a state is a party	359

Its appellate jurisdiction regulated by Congress	360

Its appellate jurisdiction confined to cases under the constitution treaties and laws	362

Its appellate jurisdiction to matter appearing on record Id	363

LECTURE VIII	169

LECTURE IX	190

PART II	212

Of Congress	231

Of the division into two houses	232

Of the Senate	235

Of the House of Representatives	244

Privileges of the two houses	252

Manner of passing laws	257

Presidents negative	258

Of Judicial Constructions of the Powers of Congress	262

Of priority of payment claimed by the United States Id	271

Taxation	277

Preemption of Indian lands	280

Effect of state judgments	283

Power of Congress over the militia	286

Power of Congress as to internal improvements	291

Of the President	295

Unity of the office Id	297

Mode of election ld	299

Duration of the office	302

Support Id	304

Powers	305

His responsibility	313

LECTURE XIV Of the Judiciary Department	315

Of the appointment tenure and support of the judges	316

Its general powers	324

Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court	328

99	332

Jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts	335

Jurisdiction of the District Courts	339

Jurisdiction of the auxiliary State Courts	342

Of clerks	344

Of marshals	345

Of the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in Respect to the Common Law and in Respect to Parties	367

Commonlaw jurisdiction in criminal cases Id	369

Commonlaw jurisdiction in civil cases	377

Jurisdiction when an alien is a party	381

Jurisdiction when a state is interested	388

Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States	391

Of the District Court as a Prize Court	393

Its admiralty criminal jurisdiction	397

Limits of its admiralty jurisdiction	405

Jurisdiction as an Instance Court of Admiralty	419

Civil jurisdiction of the District Courts	423

Territorial Courts of the United States	430

Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments	434

Of concurrent judicial power	442

100	452

Of Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the States	455

Of bills of credit	456

Ex post facto laws	458

The states cannot control the exercise of federal power	459

Nor impair the obligation of contracts	475

Nor pass naturalization laws	476

Nor tax national banks or stocks	477

Nor exercise power over ceded places	481

Power to regulate commerce	484

Progress of the national jurisprudence	496

Of Reports of Judicial Decisions	533

Of the Principal Publications of the Common Law	561

Of the Civil Law	577

OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS	610

2 Homine replegiando	650

Of religious opinions and worship	661

Amendments to the Constitution Id	674

104	688

Tittel	Commentaries on American Law, Volum 1 Commentaries on American Law, James Kent
Forfatter	James Kent
Utgave	10
Utgiver	Little, Brown, 1860
Original fra	La Sapienza – universitet i Roma
Digitalisert	29. mai 2013
Lengde	692 sider

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