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Description
In the Preface to the first edition of this work. the author stated its purpose to be, to furnish to the practitioner and the student of the law such a presentation of elementary constitutional principles as should serve, with the aid of its references to judicial decisions, legal treatises, and historical events, as a convenient guide in the examination of questions respecting the constitutional limitations which rest upon the power of the several State legislatures. …
Preface to the 4th Edition: "New topics in State Constitutional Law are not numerous; but such as are suggested by recent decisions have been discussed in this edition, and it is believed considerable value has been added to the work by further references to adjudged cases.” --Thomas M. Cooley, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 1878.
Publication Date
1878
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
City
Boston
Keywords
Constitution, Governance, State constitutions, Legislatures, History, England, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press, Freedom of religion, Bill of Rights, Municipalities, Personal property, Property rights, Statutory interpretation, Constitutional amendments, Constitutional interpretation, Police power, Eminent domain
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law | Courts | Jurisdiction | Legislation | State and Local Government Law | Supreme Court of the United States
Recommended Citation
Cooley, Thomas M. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 4th ed. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1878.
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Comments
"Fourth Edition, with considerable additions, giving the results of the recent cases."