A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States: Considered from Both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, Volume 1

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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2002 - Business & Economics - 1274 pages

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Modern statutory legislation against trade com
392
Different phases of the application of antitrust
410
Labor combinationsTrades unions Strikes
417
Strikes continued and Boycotts
433
Wagering contracts prohibited
467
General prohibition of contracts on the ground
478
Prohibition of occupations in general
505
CHAPTER X
613

Corporal punishment
29
Personal chastisement in certain relations 15 Battery in selfdefense
30
Abortion
36
Compulsory submission to surgical and medical treatment
37
Security to health Legalized nuisances 19 Security to reputation Privileged communications 20 Privilege of legislators
42
Privilege in judicial proceedings
51
Criticism of officers and candidates for office
53
Publications through the press
61
Security to reputation Malicious prosecution
69
Advice of counsel How far a defense
73
Personal libertyHow guaranteed
74
43a Convict lease system
117
Confinement of habitual drunkards
122
How far the use of land may be controlled by
153
CHAPTER VI
165
CHAPTER VII
179
CHAPTER VIII
226
REGULATION OF TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS
233
Compulsory formation of business relations
297
Regulation of prices and charges
303
Later cases on regulating prices and charges
309
Police regulation of the labor contract
315
Regulation of wages of workmen continued Time
321
Prohibition of employment of aliens Exportation
330
Regulations of factories mines and workshops
339
A combination to corner the market
365
Common law prohibition of combinations in
371
Industrial and corporate trusts as combinations
382
What is a nuisance a judicial question
733
Regulation of mines and mine products
751
CHAPTER XI
809
CHAPTER XII
883
schools for negro children Expulsion from
927
to State regulation
936
CHAPTER XV
945
Regulation of foreign corporations
983
Regulation of railroads
989
CHAPTER XVI
1008
Police power generally resides in the States
1019
Regulations affecting interstate commerce
1023
License tax upon drummers and peddlers
1027
Taxation of interstate commerce
1033
State regulation and prohibition of interstate com merce particularly in articles of merchandise
1038
State regulation of railroads and other common carriers and of their business when an interfer
1052
ence with interstate commerce
1056
The jurisdiction of antitrust laws national and State as affected by the interstate commerce clause
1061
Control of navigable streams
1069
Regulation of harbors Pilotage laws
1077
National and State quarantine laws
1081
Regulation of weights and measures
1082
Counterfeiting of coins and currencies 228 Regulation of the sale of patented articles
1083
War and rebellion
1085
Regulation of the militia
1087
Taxation
1089
Regulation of offenses against the laws of nations 233 The exercise of police power by municipal cor porations
1093
Prohibition of ticket brokerage Ticketscalping
1270

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Page 313 - And, in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute...
Page 83 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 82 - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 304 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes bis property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 304 - Looking, then, to the common law, from whence came the right which the Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 301 - States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 16 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Page 168 - That any declaration, instruction, opinion, order, or decision of any officers of this government which denies, restricts, impairs, or questions the right of expatriation, is hereby declared inconsistent with the fundamental principles of this government.
Page 14 - When we consider the nature and the theory of our institutions of government, the principles upon which they are supposed to rest, and review the history of their development, we are constrained to conclude that they do not mean to leave room for the play and action of purely personal and arbitrary power.
Page 170 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...

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