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Different Theories of the Nature of Political Obedience.

The grounds of compliance in general: Indolence.
Deference and Sympathy

Reason and Fear

Respective strength of these springs of Obedience.
Will as a political force: Illustrations from the East
Formation of the habit of Obedience in the individual
Influences forming Obedience in early societies
Slight interest of men in liberty for its own sake
Is the tendency to obey likely to decrease?
Influences apparently making for subordination

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What may be hoped for the future of democratic government
How a pessimist might view existing conditions
Conclusion: The disposition to obey will be permanent

Note on the application to the definitions of Jurisprudence of
a theory of Obedience.

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ESSAY X

THE NATURE OF SOVEREIGNTY

Confusions regarding the term Sovereignty

Sovereignty de iure and de facto must be distinguished

Sovereignty de iure exists in the sphere of law only, and is

not concerned with obedience

Sovereignty de facto: concrete instances.

Relations of Sovereignty de iure to that de facto
Action and reaction of each on the other.

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The Roman doctrine of Sovereignty: the people are the
source of political power

Mediaeval views of Sovereignty: Emperor and Pope
New theories of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Bodin, Althaus, Hobbes

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Views of John Austin: illustrations of their unsoundness
Confusion of various questions regarding Sovereignty which

are really distinct.

Rights in the moral sphere of Sovereignty de iure and

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Conclusion: Theoretical Controversies regarding Sovereignty
have mostly had their origin in current politics

ESSAY XI

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It is different from modern conception of the Laws of Nature 117

Nature as a force in human society

The term 'Natural' as applied to Customs and Laws
St. Paul and the Greek philosophers on Natural Law
The Roman Law of the Nations (Ius Gentium)
How the 'common law of the nations' was formed
Cicero on the Law of the Nations and Law of Nature
Growth of the idea of Natural Law among the jurists
Practical identification of Ius Gentium and Ius Naturae
Points of difference which remained: Slavery
Extension of Roman citizenship removes the need for a Ius
Gentium

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Value and practical influence of the notion of Natural Law
The Law of Nature and Law of God in the Middle Ages
The Law of Nature in Modern Times

Its relation to the Law of England

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Its influence on the rise of International Law.
'Natural Law' as meaning a Philosophy of Law
Conclusion: Comparative quiescence of the idea in recent
times

ESSAY XII

THE METHODS OF LEGAL SCIENCE.

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No Philosophy of Law among the Roman Jurists; is such a

Philosophy necessary or serviceable?

Four Methods employed in Legal Science

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The Comparative Method .

Value of these four Methods respectively

How they may best be applied to Legal Study

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Did the Romans suffer from having no general Philosophy of
Law?.

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Merits observable in the Roman Jurists: comparison of their
treatises with those of English lawyers

Summary: The Roman Jurists are philosophical in spirit

and in their practical handling of law

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Causes of the arrested development of Musulman Universities 233

Nature and consequences of the Musulman identification of
Law and Religion

Identity of State and Church under Islam
How Christianity avoided a similar identification

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METHODS OF LAW-MAKING IN Rome and in EngLAND 247-338

Relations of the History of Law to the Constitutional or

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Three main sources of Law: the Ruling Authority, the

Magistrate, and the Legal Profession

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The Jurists as makers of Law in earlier times

Changed position of the Jurists under the Empire.

Differences between the action of Roman and English Jurists 261

Roman Treatises compared with English Reports.
Magistrates and Judges: in what sense Law-makers
The Praetor at Rome.

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Praetorian Edicts compared with English Case-Law
Further observations on Praetorian methods.
Strong and weak points in the English Case-System
Direct Legislation at Rome: its Organs

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ESSAY XV

Direct legislation in England: its history

Advantages of Parliament and Congress for legislation.
Strictures commonly passed on English and American
Statutes

Difficulties incident to Parliamentary legislation

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Reflections suggested by the history of English compared

with that of Roman legislation

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Causes of legal change operative in England: the periods of
Henry II and Edward I

The Reformation and the Civil War.

The Reform Act of 1832 and the Victorian Epoch

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The Law of Family and Inheritance at Rome and the Law of
Land in England.

Effects of Territorial Expansion on Roman and on English
Law

Economic influences more generally potent in England:
political in Rome.

Observations on France and Germany

Private law is the branch least affected by political changes
Legal topics in which further advances may be looked for

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Diversity of the Law of Marriage in different countries.
Features generally characteristic of the institution in the
ancient Mediterranean World
Early Marriage law of the Romans

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Later Marriage Law: nature of the personal relation it creates 392

Relation of the Consorts as respects Property.
General character of the Roman Conception of Marriage: its

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