Includes "Table of cases determined in the Supreme Court of Iowa and published in v. 19-29 Iowa reports" (v. 5, Sept. 1871) and the Constitution and the Proceedings of the Iowa State Bar Association, 1874-78.

Western Legal Theory: History, Concepts and Perspectives enable readers to gain a holistic appreciation of the law by presenting a broad collection of ideas concerning the nature of law. The author draws from a number of social disciplines to provide a rounded sense of what law really is and how it should work in society. The text discusses a wide range of theories and theorists, and also traces the historical developments of Western legal thought from ancient times to the present day. With a focus on the historical and contemporary role of philosophy in the interpretation of law, Western Legal Theory: History, Concepts and Perspectives provide a fascinating insight into the development of law and a comprehensive analysis of current legal thought. It is ideal for students of legal theory and jurisprudence, legal history, political philosophy, and legal practitioners and general readers interested in the theories underpinning our legal institutions and framework.

The power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monarchy, conceptions of law, and due process, Kenneth Pennington addresses that struggle and opens an entirely new vista in the study of Western legal tradition. Pennington investigates legal interpretations of the monarch's power from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. Then, tracing the evolution of defendants' rights, he demonstrates that the origins of due process are not rooted in English common law as is generally assumed. It was not a sturdy Anglo-Saxon, but, most probably, a French jurist of the late thirteenth century who wrote, "A man is innocent until proven guilty." This is the first book to examine in detail the origins of our concept of due process. It also reveals a fascinating paradox: while a theory of individual rights was evolving, so, too, was the concept of the prince's "absolute power." Pennington illuminates this paradox with a clarity that will greatly interest students of political theory as well as legal historians.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ...serve as a key to much that was before but partially understood in the Coryfiurfuris, was translated into English and published with a valuable introduction and notes in 1870. And to these we might add the worksof Mr. Maine, which, though not specific treatises upon the civil law, go back, in fact, to still more archaic and elementary principles of jurisprudence than the Roman law itself, although adopting that as a typical system for purposes of illustration. His "Ancient Law" careful study of every liberal scholar, whether in law or general literature, and-should find a place in the curriculum of every student at law. While recommending either or all of those volumes, we do not suppose the American student is to pursue the study of the Roman law into its specialities and details. It would be difficult to pur deserves the. suade him to do this, even if he had time. Most of our students moreover, have not time for this, if they had inclination. But if one of these wishes to go beyond the scope of the mechanical details of his profession, and to ascend into the purer and clearer atmosphere of jurisprudence as a liberal science, he cannot do it more readily or effectually than by drawing inspiration from that immortal system of which it has been eloquently said: "As if the mighty destinies of Rome were not fulfilled, she reigns throughout the whole earth by her reason, after having ceased to reign by her authority." EMORY WASHBURN. PRIVATE HABITS or MR. CHAsE.--Chief ustice Chase led a very simple and regular life. For many years it had been his habit to rise at six o'clock in summer and seven in winter. Before breakfast he generally took a short walk, returning home in time' to meet his family at morning...

Includes "Table of cases determined in the Supreme Court of Iowa and published in v. 19-29 Iowa reports" (v. 5, Sept. 1871) and the Constitution and the Proceedings of the Iowa State Bar Association, 1874-78.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...topic there is a foot-note, containing an index to the same subject in the first volume, so that a ready reference thereto can be made. Under the head of "Banks" the author has given us, in connection with the digests of the decisions, copies from the United States Revised Statutes involved therein. It is a large royal octavo volume of about eight hundred pages, and, in addition to the body of the work. it contains a table of cases digested, and a full index of subjects with references. 1. Penalties: taxes on personal property/.--The board of supervisors, under chapter 29, Fifteenth General Assembly, may remit the interest and penalties of the taxes on personal property levied under Code, section 84-5, after four years from the time they are levied, where there has been a neglect of the treasurer to collect them by distress and sale of the personal property, or the real estate upon which they are a lien, during that time. 2. Constitutional law.--Chapter 29, Fifteenth General Assembly, is not in conflict with article 3 of the Constitution of Iowa, which prohibits special laws for the assessment and collection of taxes. Such a law is not a special law. 3. Public policy: penalties-.--Such statute is not in contravention of public policy as to encourage delinquencies, as the delinquencies result from the neglect of the olficers to collect the taxes, and not the statute itself. BOOK REVIEWS. THIS is a compilation containing about one hundred pages, and contains every provision of the Iowa statutes in respect to the duties of constables, with forms for returns of service of papers, and general directions in respect to every duty which may. under the statute. be devolved on constables. Such a work is very desirable. for that it...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...remedy under section 915, combined with section 985, without discussing the question of its meaning where the latter section does not apply, as where the districts are in different States. Under this view the plaintifl"s lien on the defendant's real estatc in the Eastern District depends, not upon the certified copy he has filed here, but upon the original judgment he has obtained in the Western District, and goes back as to all real estate situated in this district to that date; for the right of lien depends upon the right of execution; and, as all writs of execution, which the plaintiff had a right to issue on his judgment, might "run and be executed in all parts of the State," by section 985, this lien was equally operative from the same date upon real estate situated in all parts of the State. Mrzssingill v. Downs, 7 Howard, 768. Oral opinion by MCKENNAN, Cir. J., OADWALADER, .T., concurred. Sur application for instructions to the marshal in the execution of a writ of _fi.fa. A writ of fi. _fa., directed to the marshal of the Western District, had issued from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania, upon a judgment in the plaintifl"s favor obtained in that court. Under this execution, property in that district had been levied upon, and the same writ was then handed to the marshal of the Eastern District, with directions that he should seize under it property in the last named district. The marshal applied to the Court at Chambers, for instructions, alleging that under the Act of Congress he was not instructed as to whether he had authority to levy under the writ directed to the marshal of Western District, or whether an independent writ (either concurrent or...