The Nature and Sources of the Law Book

	Preface to the new edition
	Introduction
	Preface to the first edition
	Preface to the second edition
Pt. I	The Nature of the Law
Ch. I	Legal Rights and Duties	6
Ch. II	Legal Persons	19
Ch. III	The State	42
Ch. IV	The Law	54
Ch. V	The Courts	72
Ch. VI	Law of Nations	81
Ch. VII	Jurisprudence	86
Pt. II	Sources of the Law
Ch. VIII	Statutes	101
Ch. IX	Judicial Precedents	132
Ch. X	Judicial Precedents in the United States	160
Ch. XI	Opinions of Experts	173
Ch. XII	Custom	188
Ch. XIII	Morality and Equity	201
App. I	Pii Usus in the Later Roman Empire	209
App. II	Hereditas Jacens	213
App. III	Reception of the Roman Law	217
App. IV	Autonomy	221
App. V	Desuetude of Statutes in the United States	224
	Table of Cases Cited	229
	Table of Authors Commented on or Quoted	233
	Index	235