Commentaries on American Law, 1. köide

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W. Kent, 1854

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Contents

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 Court
342
Its original jurisdiction
343
Its appellate jurisdiction in cases pending in State Courts
345
Its powers in cases of mandamus 850
352
Its appellate jurisdiction regulated by congress
353
tution treaties and laws
354
Its appellate jurisdiction to matter appearing on record
355
Its appellate jurisdiction exists though a state be a party
356
Of the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in respect to the Common Law and in respect to Parties
360
Common law jurisdiction in criminal cases Id
366
Common law jurisdiction in civil cases
370
Jurisdiction when an alien is a party
374
Jurisdiction between citizens of different states
375
Jurisdiction when a state is interested
381
Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States
384
Of the District Court as a Prize Court
387
Its admiralty criminal jurisdiction
390
Limits of its admiralty jurisdiction
398
Jurisdiction as an Instance Court of Admiralty
410
Civil jurisdiction of the District Courts
418
Territorial Courts of the United States
421
Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments
426
Of concurrent judicial power
434
LECTURE XIXOf Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the States
447
Of bills of credit
448
Ex post facto laws
450
The states cannot control the exercise of federal power
451
Nor impair the obligation of contracts
455
Nor pass naturalization laws
467
Nor tax national banks or stocks
468
Nor exercise power over ceded places
472
Power to regulate commerce
475
Progress of the national jurisprudence
486
OF THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF THE MUNICIPAL LAW OF
493
LECTURE XXLOf Reports of judicial decisions
522
Of the Principal Publications of the Common Law
550
Of the Civil Law
566
OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS
599
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