Commentaries on American Law, Vol. 1

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Based on the first edition. All footnotes are included and have been converted to chapter end notes. Spelling has been modernized.

Part 1 - Of the Law of Nations; Part 2 - Of the Government and Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States; Part 3 - Of the Various Sources of the Municipal Law of the Several States.

Lect. 1: Of the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations; Lect. 2: Of the Rights and Duties of Nations in a State of Peace; Lect. 3: Of the Declaration, and Other Early Measures of a State of War; Lect. 4: Of the Various Kinds of Property Liable to Capture; Lect. 5: Of the Rights of Belligerent Nations in Relation to Each Other; Lect. 6: Of the General Rights and Duties of Neutral Nations; Lect. 7: Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade; Lect. 8: Of Truces, Passports, and Treaties of Peace; Lect. 9: Of Offenses Against the Law of Nations; Lect. 10: Of the History of the American Union; Lect. 11: Of Congress; Lect. 12: Of Judicial Constructions of the Powers of Congress; Lect. 13: Of the President; Lect. 14: Of the Judiciary Department; Lect. 15: Of the Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; Lect. 16: Of the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in Respect to the Common Law, and in Respect to Parties; Lect. 17: Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States; Lect. 18: Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments; Lect. 19: Of Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the Several States; Lect. 20: Of Statute Law; Lect. 21: Of Reports of Judicial Decisions; Lect. 22: Of the Principal Publications on the Common Law; Lect. 23: Of the Civil Law.