Chancellor James Kent: Commentaries on American Law

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Commentaries on American Law (1826-30)
Chancellor James Kent

Volume 1

Title Page, Prefaces - 14k

PART I - Of the Law of Nations

Lect. 1: Foundation and History of the Law of Nations - 62k

Lect. 2: Of the Rights and Duties of Nations in a State of Peace - 78k

Lect. 3: Of the Declaration, and Other Early Measures of a State of War - 77k

Lect. 4: Of the Various Kinds of Property Liable to Capture - 50k

Lect. 5: Of the Rights of Belligerent Nations in Relation to Each Other - 74k

Lect. 6: Of the General Rights and Duties of Neutral Nations - 58k

Lect. 7: Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade - 76k

Lect. 8: Of Truces, Passports, and Treaties of Peace - 65k

Lect. 9: Of Offences Against the Law of Nations - 60k

PART II - Of the Government and Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States

Lect. 10: Of the History of the American Union - 52k

Lect. 11: Of Congress - 63k

Lect. 12: Of Judicial Constructions of the Powers of Congress - 73k

Lect. 13: Of the President - 58k

Lect. 14: Of the Judiciary Department - 61k

Lect. 15: Of the Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court - 55k

Lect. 16: Of the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in Respect to the Common Law, and in Respect to Parties - 66k

Lect. 17: Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States - 99k

Lect. 18: Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments - 54k

Lect. 19: Of Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the Several States - 117k

PART III - Of the Various Sources of the Municipal Law of the Several States

Lect. 20: Of Statute Law - 64k

Lect. 21: Of Reports of Judicial Decisions - 79k

Lect. 22: Of the Principal Publications on the Common Law - 48k

Lect. 23: Of the Civil Law - 88k

Volume 2

PART IV - Of the Law Concerning the Rights of Persons

Lect. 24: Of the Absolute Rights of Persons - 99k

Lect. 25: Of Aliens and Natives - 98k

Lect. 26: Of the Law Concerning Marriage - 54k

Lect. 27: Of the Law Concerning Divorce - 91k

Lect. 28: Of Husband and Wife - 154k

Lect. 29: Of Parent and Child - 69k

Lect. 30: Of Guardian and Ward - 31k

Lect. 31: Of Infants - 37k

Lect. 32: Of Master and Servant - 48k

Lect. 33: Of Corporations - 120k

PART V - Of the Law Concerning Personal Property

Lect. 34: Of the History, Progress, and Absolute Rights of Property - 69k

Lect. 35: Of the Nature, and Various Kinds of Personal Property - 39k

Lect. 36: Of Title to Personal Property by Original Acquisition - 83k

Lect. 37: Of Title to Personal Property by Transfer by Act of Law - 108k

Lect. 38: Of Title to Personal Property by Gift - 37k

Lect. 39: Of the Contract of Sale - 236k

Lect. 40: Of Bailment - 121k

Lect. 41: Of Principal and Agent - 102k

Lect. 42: Of the History of Maritime Law - 59k

Volume 3

PART V - Of the Law Concerning Personal Property, con't

Lect. 43: Of the Law of Partnership - 134k

Lect. 44: Of Negotiable Paper - 159k

Lect. 45: Of the Title to Merchant's Vessels - 88k

Lect. 46: Of the Persons Employed in the Navigation of Merchant's Ships - 113k

Lect. 47: Of the Contract of Affreightment - 144k

Lect. 48: Of the Law of Insurance - 287k

Lect. 49: Of Maritime Loans - 34k

PART VI - Of the Law Concerning Real Property

Lect. 50: Of the Foundation of Title to Land - 39k

Lect. 51: Of Incorporeal Hereditaments - 204k

Lect. 52: Of the History of the Law of Tenure - 75k

Volume 4

PART VI - Of the Law Concerning Real Property, con't

Lect. 53: Of Estates in Fee - 72k

Lect. 54: Of Estates for Life - 198k

Lect. 55: Of Estates for Years, at Will, or at Sufferance - 107k

Lect. 56: Of Estates upon Condition - 41k

Lect. 57: Of the Law of Mortgage - 190k

Lect. 58: Of Estates in Remainder - 202k

Lect. 59: Of Executory Devises - 78k

Lect. 60: Of Uses and Trusts - 78k

Lect. 61: Of Powers - 119k

Lect. 62: Of Estates in Reversion - 15k

Lect. 63: Of a Joint Interest in Land - 49k

Lect. 64: Of Title by Descent - 144k

Lect. 65: Of Title by Escheat, by Forfeiture, and by Execution - 42k

Lect. 66: Of Title by Deed - 161k

Lect. 67: Of Title by Will or Devise - 124k

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Commentaries on American Law (1826-30), by James Kent.
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