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The works of James Wilson, Vol. 2
James Wilson and Robert G. McCloskey
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Frontmatter
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LECTURES ON LAW
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PART TWO, continued
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II. —Of the executive department, continued (page 441)
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III. —Of the judicial department (page 446)
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IV. Of the nature of courts (page 494)
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V. Of the constituent parts of courts—Of the judges (page 500)
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VI. The subject continued—Of juries (page 503)
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VII. The subject continued—Of sheriffs and coroners (page 550)
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VIII. The subject continued—Of counsellors and attornies (page 556)
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IX. The subject continued—Of constables (page 568)
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X. Of corporations (page 570)
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XI. Of citizens and aliens (page 573)
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XII. Of the natural rights of individuals (page 585)
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PART THREE
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I. Of the nature of crimes, and the necessity and proportion of punishments (page 611)
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II. Of crimes against the right of individuals to their property (page 637)
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III. Of crimes against the rights of individuals to liberty, and to reputation (page 647)
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IV. Of crimes against the right of individuals to personal safety (page 653)
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V. Of crimes immediately against the community (page 663)
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VI. Of crimes affecting several of the natural rights of individuals (page 670)
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VII. Of crimes against the rights of individuals acquired under civil government (page 672)
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VIII. Of the persons capable of committing crimes; and of the different degrees of guilt incurred in the commission of the same crime (page 677)
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IX. Of the direct means used by the law to prevent offences (page 680)
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X. Of the different steps prescribed by the law, for apprehending, detaining, trying, and punishing offenders (page 684)
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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
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[I] On the history of property (page 711)
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[II] Considerations on the nature and extent of the legislative authority of the British Parliament. Published in the year 1774 (page 721)
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[III] Speech delivered in the convention for the province of Pennsylvania, held at Philadelphia, in January, 1775 (page 747)
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[IV] Speech delivered on 26th November, 1787, in the convention of Pennsylvania, assembled to take into consideration the constitution framed, by the federal convention, for the United States (page 759)
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[V] Oration delivered on 4th July, 1788, at the procession formed at Philadelphia to celebrate the adoption of the constitution of the United States (page 773)
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[VI] Speech on choosing the members of the senate by electors; delivered on 31st December, 1789, in the convention of Pennsylvania, assembled for the purpose of reviewing, altering, and amending the constitution of the state (page 781)
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[VII] Speech delivered, on 19th January, 1790, in the convention of Pennsylvania, assembled for the purpose of reviewing, altering, and amending the constitution of the state; on a motion that "no member of congress from this state, nor any person holding or exercising any office of trust or profit under the United States, shall at the same time, hold and exercise any office whatever in this state" (page 794)
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[VIII] A charge delivered to the grand jury in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Virginia, in May, 1791 (page 803)
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[IX] Considerations on the Bank of North America. Published in the year 1785 (page 824)
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Appendix to the Preceding Considerations (page 841)
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GLOSSARY (page 849)
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INDEX (page 857)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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NEQ | 41.2 (Jun. 1986): 318 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/363384 |
ENHR | 84.331 (Apr. 1969): 409-410 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/564595 |
HLR | 9.8 (Mar. 1896): 551-552 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1322064 |
WMQ | 26.1 (Jan. 1969): 151-152 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1922315 |
AHR | 74.5 (Jun. 1969): 1710-1711 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1841446 |
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Published: c1967
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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