Popular Law-making: A study of the origin, history, and present tendencies of law-making by statuteStimson, Frederic Jesup
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Popular Law-making: A study of the origin, history, and present tendencies of law-making by statute
Stimson, Frederic Jesup
Legislation -- United States
law declared, not made, by Great Council;
development with legislative power into Parliament;
the great judicial functions of;
in Magna Charta;
so-called until 1275.
Counsel, right to, etc.
Cousins, marriage of forbidden;
County courts, early history of;
counties may loan for seed.
Courts, at first followed the king's person;
special royal courts forbidden;
our judicial system.
Covins (_see Conspiracy_).
Crime, distinction from sin;
tendency of modern legislation.
Criminating (_see Incriminating_).
Criminal law and police, chapter concerning, chapter XVIII,
modern basis of;
procedure in;
laws regulating procedure;
right of appeal;
President Taft's recommendation.
Criminal procedure, reform of, necessary.
Cromwell, legislation under;
laws all repealed, but had some effect upon laws of New England
colonies, and _vice versa_;
assumed supreme power;
he had absolute veto;
no constitutional government under;
unrestricted will of majority becomes will of one.
Cross-bows forbidden except to lords.
Crown land.
Crown property, wrecks, fish, precious metals, etc.
Crusades, expenses of, origin of taxation.
Cummins, Governor, his ideas as to trust controlled articles.
Curfew laws in early England;
in U.S.
Custom, of the trade; (_see also Law, Customary Law, etc_.),
enforcement of
Custom House, regulation of officers of;
may not make unreasonable search;
travellers to be believed upon their oath.
Customs (_see Duties_), the law of England,
recognized by early English charters, as well as laws,
Customary law, or natural, enforced
without sanction: sanction of often the best;
sanction not a penalty;
early legislation declaring.
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