The Reasonableness of the Law

The Reasonableness of the Law
By Charles W. Bacon and Franklyn S. Morse

2000/04 - Beard Books - Law Classic
1893122867 - Paperback - Reprint - 414 pp.
US$34.95

An interesting discourse on law as the perfection of reason, and showing that the law is the application of reason to the problems of social control.

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Category: Law

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This volume is engrossing and thought-provoking reading for students of history, government and the law. To support the premise that the causes and forms of law are found in the experience of mankind, the authors explore the origins of law, the progress of law, and the principles of law in its reasonableness. Law is founded on principles of right and wrong that never change, but the application of these rules varies with changes in social and economic conditions and in conceptions of right and justice. Covered in this illuminating discourse are the legal bases of American governments, constitutional law, equity as a law of prevention, international law, and statute law.

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Charles W. Bacon was a member of the New York Bar and the author of The American Plan of Government.

Franklyn S. Morse was an instructor in history in the Collegiate School of New York City.

Part I.	The Legal Basis of American Governments	1
I.	Establishment of the Colonial Governments	3
II.	Establishment of the United States Government	11
III.	Establishment of the State Governments	17
Part II.	Constitutional Law	25
IV.	Contents of American Constitutions	27
V.	The Division of Governmental Powers	51
VI.	Constitutional Guaranties	67
VII.	The Police Power	73
VIII.	The Power to Regulate Commerce	100
IX.	The Construction and Interpretation of Constitutions	108
Part III.	The American Common Law: an Unwritten Law of Government	129
X.	Establishment of Un-enacted Law in the United States	131
XI.	Rules of American Common Law	145
XII.	Common Law Cases	168
XIII.	Common Law Remedies	174
Part IV.	Equity: A Law of Prevention	179
XIV.	Evolution of Equity in the United States	181
XV.	Maxims of Equity	191
XVI.	Proceedings in Equity	212
XVII.	Remedies in Equity	233
Part V.	International Law	235
XVIII.	Growth of International Law	237
XIX.	Principles of International Law	258
XX.	Enforcement of International Law	287
Part VI.	Statute Law	295
XXI.	The Enacted Law	297
XXII.	Enactment of Statutes	305
XXIII.	Constitutionality of Statutes: State	322
XXIV.	Constitutionality of Statutes: Federal	352
XXV.	Construction and Interpretation of Statutes	368
	Constitution of the United States	377
	Index	393

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