Popular Law-making A study of the origin, history, and present tendencies of law-making by statute

POPULAR LAW-MAKING - A STUDY OF THE ORIGIN, - HISTORY, AND PRESENT TENDENCIES - OF LAW-MAKING BY STATUTE - BY - FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON - PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY - "NOW, MY LORD, I DO THINK, THAT PRACTICE AND USAGE IS A GREAT EVIDENCE OF THE LAW."—CHIEF JUSTICE HOLT, IN "THE GREAT CASE OF MONOPOLIES."—7 STATE TRIALS, 497

I. THE ENGLISH IDEA OF LAW

II. EARLY ENGLISH LEGISLATION AND MAGNA CHARTA

III. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF ANGLO-SAXON LAW

IV. EARLY LABOR LEGISLATION, AND LAWS AGAINST TRUSTS

V. OTHER LEGISLATION IN MEDIAEVAL ENGLAND

VI. AMERICAN LEGISLATION IN GENERAL

VII. AMERICAN LEGISLATION ON PROPERTY RIGHTS

VIII. REGULATION OF RATES AND PRICES

IX. TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES