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COPYRIGHT, 1910
BY
LA SALLE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY
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CONTENTS
JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGAL INSTITUTIONS.
CHAPTER I.
Introduction.
§ 1. The practical utility of adopting a scientific method..... 1
§ 6.
§ 7.
Objects of historical and comparative study of law.
The first principle of logical science
19
21
§ 11.
12.
United States a leader in the science of government
Right and law, jural conception
33
34
....
Divine right of soverigns
Slavery affirmed to accord with natural law
Consent and representation
§ 15. The Roman system-The law of nature..
The law of nature
§ 19. Limitation upon the freedom of contract essential to
liberty
51
§ 20. Early limitations on absolute sovereignty-Magna Charta.. 52
The Confirmatio cartarum
55
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§ 21. The representation of the people
Rise of the House of Commons
56
§ 22. The divine right of sovereignty revived in England...... 57
§ 23. Constitutional conventions in England. Transfer of
allegiance
60
§ 24.
The questions of the American Revolution
62
§ 25.
The fundamental principles of government in the United
States ...
64
§ 26. Preservation of equality is the chief concern of govern-
ment and people alike ...
68
§ 27. Intelligence and integrity essential to liberty and law..... 69
§ 28. Distinctive features of American law
71
CHAPTER III.
Formal Jurisprudence.
§ 29. The practical utility of technical and formal jurisprudence. 73
§ 30. Jurisprudence defined
§31. Classification the essential process of jurisprudence
The utility of analysis ...
§ 32. Practicability and difficulty of analyzing our law
Lack of attention to method in text-book
Methods of codes ...
§ 32a. The utility of definition
...
75
79
181
81
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85
§ 39. Blackstone's disposition of these subjects
Universality of the principle of analysis.
Critical examination of the principle
The rules for logical classification ..
§ 41. The universal system of classification
§ 42. Explanation and application of this theory
The rules governing governmental relations
Property law
Public protection and judicial remedies
Public offences and crimes
94
95
CHAPTER IV.
Primary Classification of Subjects.
§ 43. Nature and uses of classification
Legal analysis explained
.107
..107
§ 44. Classification of legal treatises
§ 45.
Legal analysis in American treatises
...109
..110
How legal subjects are classified ....
§ 46. The reason for and fallacy of Blackstone's primary classi-
fication
.111
.112
§ 47.
Blackstone's definition of municipal law examined.......114
The right-and-wrong clause condemned
.117
§ 48.
The definition no basis for classification
.120
A false antithesis is made the ground for classification..123
Supposed reason for the definition
.....126
§ 49. Blackstone's primary classification not adhered to by him-
§ 53. Primary classification. The subjects of jurisprudence ....134
CHAPTER V.
Personal Relations. Things. Actions.
54. Leading words defined. Fundamental ideas explained....135
855. Suggestions on criticism, construction and interpretation.136
§ 56. Meaning of leading words obscure
57. Public and private law
58. Ancient classifications
59. Persons and things
60. Rights of persons-Blackstone's meaning
§ 61. Austin's misstatement of Blackstone's meaning
§ 62. Different views of Blackstone's meaning
Blackstone's explanation
.137
.138
.144
.146
.148
.149
.151
..152
.155
.156
.161
§ 63. The law of persons in English jurisprudence differs from
864. The legal conception of leading words
§ 65. The word "person" defined. Gaius says.
Ortolan's explanation of personality
72b. The word "chose” unknown in Roman nomenclature.. ...176
73. The American idea of a right
..177
Rights, Duties, Obligations, and Remedies.
76. Importance and confused condition of the subject........184
77. Remedies to protect and enforce are essential parts of the
definition of right and obligation
....187
§ 78. The classification by civilians of rights as real and personal.190
Idea of personal and of real rights.
The relation of right and obligation
.190
....191
§ 79. Various denominations of real rights and of personal rights.192
Jus in rem and jus in personam not of Roman origin....193
Absolute and relative right ....
..193
§ 80. Same subject: John Austin's presentation
.194
The distinction is an essential one
..195
§ 81. The application of these distinctions in our law.
..196
Anomalous obligations
..198
Ownership or property
.201
§ 82. Right and obligation correlative; a right is a possession;