Commentaries on American Law, Volume I [1]

vi, 508 pp. Volume one only. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: James Kent (July 31, 1763 – December 12, 1847), sometimes called the "American Blackstone" was an American jurist, New York legislator and legal scholar.[1] His Commentaries on American Law (based on lectures first delivered at Columbia College in 1794, and further lectures in the 1820s) became the formative American law book in the antebellum era (published in 14 editions before 1896) and also helped establish the tradition of law reporting in America.--Wikipedia. CONTENTS: Part I. Of the Law of Nations: Of the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations; Of the Rights and Duties of Nations in a State of Peace; Of the Declaration, and Other Early Measures of a State of War; Of the Various Kinds of Property Liable to Capture; Of the Rights of Belligerent Nations in Relation to Each Other; Of the General Rights and Duties of Neutral Nations; Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade; Of Truces, Passports, and Treaties of Peace; Of Offences against the Law of Nations; Part II. Of the Government and Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: Of the History of the American Union; Of Congress; of Judicial Constructions of the Powers of Congress; Of the President; Of the Judiciary Department; Of the Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; Of the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in Respect to the Common Law, and in Respect to Parties; Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States; Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments; Of Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the Several States; Part III. Of the Various Sources of the Municipal Law of the Several States: Of Statute Law; Of Reports of Judicial Decisions; Of the Principal Publications on the Common Law; Of the Civil Law.