Cooley, Thomas McIntyre

A treatise on the constitutional limitations which rest upon the legislative power of the states of the American union by Thomas M. Cooley. - Union, N.J. Lawbook Exchange 1998. - lxxxi , 886 p. 23 cm.

Originally published : 5th ed. Boston : Little , Brown , and Co., 1883

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Definitions - - The Constitution of the United States - - The formation and amendment of state constitutions - -Construction of state constitutions - - The powers which the legislative department may exercise - - The enactment of laws - - The circumstances under which a legislative act may be acclared uncostitutional - - The several grades od municipal government - - Protection to person and property under the Constitution of the United States - - The constitutional protections to personal liberty - - Of the protection of property by the "law of the land" - -Liberty of speech and of the press - - Religious liberty - - The power of taxation - -The eminint domain - - The police power of the states - - The expreassion of the popular will. x x x

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Federal Government--United States .
Constitutional law--United States.
State rights--United States.

KF4600 / .C6 1998