Commentaries on American Law, Volumen1

James Kent

W. Kent, 1854

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OF THE LAW OF NATIONS LECTURE I Of the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations	1

Of the Rights and Duties of Nations in a State of Peace	21

Kight of interference with other states	23

Jurisdiction over adjoining seas	28

Rights of commerce	34

Right of passage over land	37

Right of navigable rivers Id	40

Ambassadors	44

Of the House of Representatives	240

Privileges of the two houses	248

Manner of passing laws	252

Presidents negative	254

LECTUREXII Of Judicial Constructions of the Powers of Congress	258

Of priority of payment claimed by the United States Id	267

Taxation	273

Preemption of Indian lands	276

Consuls	49

Of the Declaration and Early Measures of War	56

Assistance to allies in war	58

Declaration of war	61

Protection to enemys property	64

Confiscation of property	67

Confiscation of debts	71

Interdiction of commerce	74

Of the various kinds of Property liable to Capture	81

Domicil in the enemys country	82

Residence in it	84

Colonial trade	88

Property in transitu	93

Of the Rights of Belligerents	96

Moderation a duty	97

Law of retaliation	102

Privateering	104

Prizes	108

Ransom bills	111

Right of Postliminium	115

Of the Rights and Duties of Neutrals	120

Enemys property in neutral vessels	129

Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade	139

Of Truces Passports and Treaties of Peace	164

Of Offences against the Law of Nations	185

PART II	207

Of Congress	227

Of the division into two houses	228

Of the Senate	231

Effect of state judgments	279

Power of congress over the militia	282

Power of congress as to internal improvements	286

Of the President	291

Upity of the office Id	293

Mode of election Id	295

Duration of the office	298

Support II	300

Powers	301

His responsibility	308

Of the Judiciary Department	310

Of the appointment tepure and support of the judges	311

Its general powers	319

Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court	323

Jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts	329

Jurisdiction of the District Courts	332

Jurisdiction of the auxiliary State Courts	335

Of attorneys and counsel	336

Of clerks	338

Of the Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme	342

Of the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in respect to	360

Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States	384

Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments	426

Of Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the States	447

OF THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF THE MUNICIPAL LAW OF	493

Of Reports of judicial decisions	523

Of the Principal Publications of the Common Law	550

Of the Civil Law	566

VOL I	661

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Commentaries on American Law, Volumen1
James Kent
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Título	Commentaries on American Law, Volumen1 Commentaries on American Law, James Kent The making of modern law
Autor	James Kent
Edición	8
Editor	W. Kent, 1854

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