Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1

Little, Brown, 1884 - Law

PART	ii

OF THE GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES	v

PART I	1

Of the Rights and Duties of Nations in a State of Peace 1 Right of Interference with other States	22

Jurisdiction over Adjoining Seas	30

Rights of Commerce	36

Right of Passage over Land	38

Right of Navigable Rivers	39

Manner of Passing Laws	260

Presidents Negative	262

Of Judicial Constructions of the Powers of Congress 1 Of Priority of Payment claimed by the United States	266

74	267

Power to incorporate a Bank	274

Taxation	281

Preëmption of Indian Lands	284

Effect of State Judgments	288

Surrender of Fugitives	41

Ambassadors	47

Consuls	52

Of the Declaration and other Early Measures of	60

Assistance to Allies in	61

Declaration of	66

Protection to Enemys Property	68

Confiscation of Property	71

Confiscation of Debts	75

Interdiction of Commerce	78

Of the Various Kinds of Property liable to Capture	86

Domicile in the Enemys Country	87

Residence in it 3 Colonial Trade	95

Property in Transitu	99

Of the Rights of Belligerents 1 Moderation a Duty	103

Law of Retaliation	108

Privateering	114

Of the Rights and Duties of Neutrals	115

Prizes	118

Ransom Bills	119

Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade	148

Page 1	154

32	158

Of Truces Passports and Treaties of Peace 159	175

Of the Senate	180

34	187

38	188

Of Offences against the Law of Nations	195

41	205

47	209

Of the House of Representatives	211

49	238

56	246

66	251

Privileges of the Two Houses	255

73	257

Power of Congress over the Militia	290

Power of Congress as to Internal Improvements	295

Of the President	300

Mode of Election	302

Duration of Office 5 Support	309

76	312

81	313

Powers	319

Of the Judiciary Department	320

Its General Powers	328

86	365

314	373

Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court	375

Its Appellate Jurisdiction exists though a State be a Party	380

Jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts	384

Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States	411

Jurisdiction of the District Courts	412

Jurisdiction of Auxiliary State Courts 7 Of Attorneys and Counsel 8 Of Clerks	417

89	430

267	432

271	433

Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments	455

90	459

93	465

280	470

282	473

96	475

Of Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the Several States 407	476

100	495

Nor pass Naturalization Laws	500

298	506

Progress of National Jurisprudence	527

308	539

Of the Civil	603

Institutes	624

Title	Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1 Commentaries on American Law, James Kent
Authors	James Kent, Charles M. Barnes
Editors	Charles M. Barnes, Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.)
Edition	13
Publisher	Little, Brown, 1884
Original from	Cornell University
Digitized	8 Aug 2014

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