The Power to Regulate Corporations and Commerce: A Discussion of the Existence, Basis, Nature, and Scope of the Common Law of the United States

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G. P. Putnam's sons, 1906 - 516 lappuses

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State law cannot abridge rights guaranteed by national law
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Section
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Section Page
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A corporation is a contract between the members protected
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The nation is clothed with ample power to protect all rights
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The States have no power to regulate commerce which
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The Constitution commands equality of rights of all individ
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The theory of State incorporation makes it impossible
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The exercise of any power by the State is subject to
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The acts discussed in the Slaughter House Cases were
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The true legal home of every corporation formed under
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It is impossible for one or more States to control or regu
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Corporate organization and the license to act The reser
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CHAPTER III
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Municipal corporations existed de facto in England before
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The rights not granted were reserved to the inhabitants
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This is correction of an early judicial error
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CHAPTER IV
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The sovereign government The sovereign people Local
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The source of positive law in the United States is a selflim
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Undivided national sovereignty secures the right of political
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The rights protected by the first eight Amendments are pro
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The rights guaranteed by the first eight Amendments were
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The nations duty to protect foreigners within the States
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NATIONAL REGULATION OF CORPORATIONS
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There is no historical basis for the State regulation of cor
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Congress and the regulation of commerce
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Power of Congress to create corporations to engage
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Manufacturing
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CHAPTER VI
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Congress has the same power to fix rates on interstate com
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The power of Congress to fix rates through a commission
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Second limitation Congress cannot preclude the judici
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Third limitation Congress cannot take away from
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CHAPTER VIII
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The issue of injunctions by the courts of the United States
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The influence of the equitable jurisdiction of the United
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The common law jurisdiction of United States courts
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Criminal jurisdiction of United States courts Criminal
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Section Page 181 International law as part of the national law
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The common law basis of the Constitution
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Exclusion of national law by State statutes
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Uniformity of national law Constitutional recognition of common law
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The common law as a safeguard to administration
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The common law and the courts State and national
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The common law State decisions and the Judiciary Act
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Judicial opinion as to existence of the common law of the United States
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The existence of a unified system of American law
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The Evarts Act
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Citizenship as a basis of uniformity Corporations as per sons and citizens
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Corporations and the Fourteenth Amendment
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Res adjudicata and stare decisis as a basis of uniformity
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Full faith and credit clause and uniformity
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Common law and precedent
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Necessity of a single tribunal of last resort as to questions of law
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Conflict of law within the same system leads to injustice and confusion
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Comity does not exist between the States of the United States
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The power of subordinate legislation is not a basis for the rule of law
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Conclusion Justice and commerce are national and non political
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