edited by Kermit L. Hall and Mark David Hall ; collected by Maynard Garrison
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Indianapolis, IN :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Liberty Fund,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007-
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
2 v. (xxviii, 1262 p.) ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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VOLUME I: PART 1: POLITICAL PAPERS, SPEECHES, AND JUDICIAL OPIONIONS OF JAMES WILSON: Considerations on the nature and extent of the legislative authority of the British Parliament (1774) -- Speech delivered in the Convention for the Province of Pennsylvania, held at Pennsylvania, in January 1775 -- An address to the inhabitants of the Colonies (1776) -- Considerations on the Bank of North America (1785) -- Remarks of James Wilson in the Federal Convention of 1787 -- James Wilson's State House yard speech (October 6, 1787) -- Remarks of James Wilson in the Pennsylvania Convention to ratify the Constitution of the United States (1787) -- Oration delivered on the 4th of July, 1788, at the procession formed at Philadelphia to celebrate the adoption of the Constitution of the United States -- Speech on choosing the members of the Senate by electors; delivered, on the 31st December, 1789, in the Convention of Pennsylvania, assembled for the purpose of reviewing, altering, and amending the Constitution of the State -- 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 -- A charge delivered to the Grand Jury in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia, in May, 1791 -- Hayburn's Case (1792) -- Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) -- Henfield's Case (1793) -- Ware v. Hylton (1796) -- On the improvement and settlement of lands in the United States -- On the history of property -- PART 2: LECTURES ON LAW: Mark David Hall, Bibliographical essay: "History of James Wilson's Law lectures" -- Preface by Bird Wilson -- Lectures on Law, Part 1: Introductory lecture: Of the study of the law in the United States -- Of the general principles of law and obligation -- Of the law of nature -- Of the law of nations -- Of municipal law -- Of man, as an individual -- Of man, as a member of society -- Of man, as a member of a confederation -- Of man, as a member of the Great Commonwealth of Nations -- Of government -- Comparison of the Constitution of the United States, with that of Great Britain -- VOLUME 2: Lectures on law, Part 1 (continued): Of the common law -- Of the nature and philosophy of evidence -- Part 2: Of the Constitution of the United States and of Pennsylvania--Of the Legislative department -- Of the Executive department -- Of the Judicial department -- Of the nature of courts -- Of the constituent of parts of courts--Of the judges -- The subject continued--Of juries -- The subject continued--Of sheriffs and coroners -- The subject continued--Of counsellors and attornies -- The subject continued--Of constables -- Of corporations -- Of citizens and aliens -- Of the natural rights of individuals -- Part 3: Of the nature of crimes; and the necessity and proportion of punishment -- Of crimes against the right of individuals to liberty, and to reputation -- Of crimes against the right of individuals to personal safety -- Of crimes immediately against the community -- Of crimes affecting several of the natural rights of individuals -- Of crimes against the rights of individuals acquired under civil government -- Of the persons capable of committing crimes; and of the different degrees of guilt incurred in the commission of same crime -- Of the direct means used by the law to prevent offences -- Of the different steps prescribed by the law, for apprehending, detaining, trying, and punishing offenders