Commentaries on statute and constitutional law : and statutory and constitutional construction.

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Origin and history of legislation among the ancient governments. Origin and history of legislation in England. Origin and history of legislation in the Colony of Virginia. Origin and history of legislation in the colonies of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. Origin and history of legislation in the Connecticut Colony. The legislative power of the states, and the bills of rights of the respective states. Of legislative authority irrespective of any constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, and a consideration of the doctrine of the omnipotence of Parliament. Constitutional restrictions upon legislative power, under the Constitution of the United States. Constitutional restrictions upon legislative power under the Constitutions of the respective states, and the construction of such restrictive clauses. Of legislative and judicial interpretation. Of the division, duration, qualities, and incidents of statutes. Of interpretation and construction, including the question as to the construction of particular words. Of contemporaneous exposition. Of statutes in pari materia. Of affirmative and negative statutes. Of equitable construction of statutes. Of the equitable construction of penal statutes. Of the construction of penal statutes. Of the repeal of statutes. Of public and private statutes. Of the proofs of the existence of statutes.

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