1901 Commentaries on American Law J. This Book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor sign of storage & age. No writing, no bookplates. However, it has bumped cover corners and some scuffing mainly on the cover, and a few dog-eared corners. Pages have turned yellow from age. Commentaries on American Law is a four-volume book by James Kent. It was adapted from his lectures at Columbia Law School starting in 1794. It was first published in 1826 by O. Halsted and has been reprinted and revised many times since. This is the Third Volume of the fourteenth edition edited by John M. Gould, published in 1901. Kent, sometimes called the “American Blackstone”, was an American jurist, New York legislator and legal scholar. His Commentaries on American Law became the formative American law book in the antebellum era and helped establish the tradition of law reporting in America. The many important opinions that he authored include Hitchcock v. Aicken (1803), People v. Croswell (1804), Yates v. Lansing (1810), People v. Ruggles (1811), Taylor v. Briden (1811), Livingston v. Van Ingen (1812), Clarke v. Morey (1813) and Gardiner v. Village of Newburgh (1816). CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME. OF THE LAW CONCERNING PERSONAL PROPERTY. Of the History of Maritime Law. Of the Maritime Legislation of the Ancients. Of the Maritime Legislation of the Middle Ages. Of the Maritime Legislation of the Moderns. Of the Law of Partnership. Of the Nature, Creation, and Extent of Partnerships. Partnership in General. Of Dormant Partners. Of Sharers in Profits. Of Limited Partners. Of Joint Stock Companies. Of the interest of Partners in their Stock in Trade. Stock in Land. Acts by which one Partner may bind the Firm. How far by Guaranty. How far by Deed. How far by Admission of a Debt. Dealing on Separate Account. Of the Dissolution of Partnership. Of Dissolution by Voluntary Act. By Judicial Decree. By the Inability of the Parties to act. Consequences of the Dissolution. Of the History of Bills and Notes. Of the Essential Qualities of Negotiable Paper as Bills, Notes and Checks. Of the Rights of the Holder. Of the Acceptance. Of the Indorsement. Of the Demand and Protest. Of Notice to Drawer and Indorser. Of the Measure of Damages. Of Mercantile Guaranties. Of the Principal Treatises on Bills and Notes. Of the Title to Merchant Vessels. Requisites to a Valid Title. Who is Liable as Owner. Of Custom House Documents. Of Part Owners. Of the Authority and Duty of the Master. His Power to bind the Owner, and the Owner’s Power over him. Lien in England for Wages and Expenditures. Lien in United States. Lien of Material Men. Duty to employ a Pilot. Authority and Duty of the Mate. Pro Rata Wages. When Wages are Due. Desertion and Forfeiture of Wages. Of the Contract of Affreightment. Of the Charter Party and its Conditions. Of the Bill of Lading. Of the Carriage of Goods. Of General Average. Of the Dissolution of the Contract. Of the Formation and Subject Matter of the Contract. Of the Parties. Of the Terms and Subject of the Policy, and the Force of usage thereon. Of Insurable Interests. Of illicit trade. Of contraband of war. Of seamen’s wages. Of open and valued policies. Of wager policies. Of the Perils within the Policy. Of the acts of the government of parties. Of interdiction of commerce. Of risks excluded by the usual memorandum. Of the usual perils covered by the policy. Of the Voyage in Relation to the Policy. When the Policy attaches and terminates. Of the Adjustment of Partial Losses. Of the Return of Premium. Of the Interest in the Policy. Of the Terms and Construction of the Policy. Of the Adjustment of the Loss. OF THE LAW CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY. Of the Foundation of Title to Land. Title by Discovery. Qualified Indian Rights. Right of Colonization. Indian Rights, how regarded. By the colonists. By the United States. Of the Right of Common. Of Common of Pasture and of Estovers. Of Common of Piscary. Of the Remedy for the Disturbance of these rights. Of Easements and Aquatic Rights. Servitudes and Vicinage. Easements acquired and lost by Prescription. Easements lost by Abandonment. Easements by Dedication to the Public. Rights by License. Of the Various Kinds of Rents. When and how far not Payable. Destruction of the premises. Of the Remedy. Of the History of the Law of Tenure. Of Feudal Tenures on the Continent of Europe. Of Feudal Tenures in England. Of Tenure in the United States. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “2_much_fun_plaza” and is located in this country: US. 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- Binding: Hardcover
- Place of Publication: Boston
- Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
- Subject: Personal Property, Real Property, Law & Government, History
- Modified Item: No
- Year Printed: 1901
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Language: English
- Special Attributes: 14th Edition
- Author: James Kent
- Region: North America
- Topic: Historical, Legal History, American History
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Character Family: American constitutional and legal history