Chancellor James Kent
Commentaries On American Law (1826-1830)
Table of Contents - Book 1

• Title Page and Preface

Part 1 - Of the Law of Nations

• Lect.   1:  Of the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations
• Lect.   2:  Of the Rights and Duties of Nations in a State of Peace
• Lect.   3:  Of the Declaration, and Other Early Measures of a State of War
• Lect.   4:  Of the Various Kinds of Property Liable to Capture
• Lect.   5:  Of the Rights of Belligerent Nations in Relation to Each Other
• Lect.   6:  Of the General Rights and Duties of Neutral Nations
• Lect.   7:  Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade
• Lect.   8:  Of Truces, Passports, and Treaties of Peace
• Lect.   9:  Of Offenses Against the Law of Nations

Part 2 - Of the Government and Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States

• Lect. 10:  Of the History of the American Union
• Lect. 11:  Of Congress
• Lect. 12:  Of Judicial Constructions of the Powers of Congress
• Lect. 13:  Of the President
• Lect. 14:  Of the Judiciary Department
• Lect. 15:  Of the Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
• Lect. 16:  Of the Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts in Respect to the Common Law, and in Respect to Parties
• Lect. 17:  Of the District and Territorial Courts of the United States
• Lect. 18:  Of the Concurrent Jurisdiction of the State Governments
• Lect. 19:  Of Constitutional Restrictions on the Powers of the Several States

Part 3 - Of the Various Sources of the Municipal Law of the Several States

• Lect. 20:  Of Statute Law
• Lect. 21:  Of Reports of Judicial Decisions
• Lect. 22:  Of the Principal Publications on the Common Law
• Lect. 23:  Of the Civil Law