TO THE

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS, GENERAL
AND PROFESSIONAL.

BY

JOHN NORTON POMEROY, LL.D.,

DEAN OF THE LAW SCHOOL, AND GRISWOLD PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW YORK; AUTHOR OF "AN INTRODUCTION TO MUNICIPAL LAW."

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

JOHN NORTON POMEROY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

What included in Private Law

Public Law divided into Political and International

Elementary idea of the "State" and of "Sovereignty "

What included in Political Law .

Political Law divided into General, and Special

Object of this treatise; political law of the United States

Methods of its study and interpretation

SECTION

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2-12

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3-12

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7-9

10-12

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13-15

16-21

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PART FIRST.

WHAT IS THE CONSTITUTION, AND BY WHOM WAS IT CREATED :

THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF THE ORGANIC LAW, AND OF THE

BODY POLITIC WHICH LIES BEHIND IT.

CHAPTER I.

STATEMENT OF THEORIES; NATIONALITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

SECTION I.-THEORIES WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND ADVOCATED.