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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Citizenship, Domicile, and Nationality 2. Commerce 3. Common law 4. Constitutional law 5. Contracts, Agency, and Franchises 6. Courts 7. Criminal Law 8. Discovery and Evidence 9. Government 10. History and Biography

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11. International Law 12. Law 13. Legal Reference 14. Practice Resources 15. Property Protection 16. Sovereignty 17. Spirituality 18. Taxes 19. Tort 20. Travel

1 Citizenship, Domicile, and Nationality Item # Title Revision Author Comments 1.01 A Course In Citizenship and 1918 Ella Cabot Patriotism 1.02 Addresses on Government and 1916 Elihu Root Citizenship 1.03 American Citizenship 1918 Charles Beard 1.04 A Treatise On Citizenship by Birth 1881 Alexander Morse And Naturalization 1.05 A Treatise On The Law of Non- 1892 Conrad Reno Residents and Foreign Corporations 1.06 Citizenship of the 1904 Frederick Van Dyne 1.07 Citizenship of the United States, 1906 Letter from the Expatriation, and Protection Secretary of State Abroad 1.08 The Diplomatic Protection of 1915 Edwin Borchard Citizens Abroad 1.09 The Law of Domicil 1847 Robert Phillimore 1.10 The New Citizenship 1919 A.T. Robertson 1.11 The Privileges and Immunities of 1918 Roger Howell State Citizenship 1.12 The Rights and Duties of American 1898 Westel Woodbury Citizenship Willoughby 1.13 Treatise on American Citizenship 1906 John S. Wise 1.14 Treatise on the Law of Domicile 1887 M.W. Jacobs 2 Commerce Item # Title Revision Author Comments 2.01 A Manual for Notaries Public and 1864 Bernard Roelker Bankers 2.02 A Treatise of Deeds 1906 Robert Norton 2.03 A Treatise on Fraudulent 1884 Federick Wait Conveyances and Creditor's Bills 2.04 A Treatise on the Law of Private Fifth Edition Henry Taylor Corporations 2.05 A Treatise on the Law of Private 1877 George Field Corporations 2.06 Commentaries on the Law of 1856, Fourth Promissory Notes Edition 2.07 Commentaries on the Law of Bills 1847 Joseph Story of Exchange 2.08 Gano's Commercial Law 1921 Ralph Rogers

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2.09 Handbook of Bankruptcy Law 1898 Henry Campbell Black 2.10 Handbook on the Law of 1897 William George Partnerships 2.11 Handbook on the Law of Bills and 1914, Fourth Charles Norton Notes Edition 2.12 Other People's Money and How 1914 the Bankers Use It 2.13 Treatise of Law of Sale of 1868 Judah Benjamin Personal Property 2.14 Treatise on the Law Relating to 1877 John Proffatt Office and Duties of Notaries Public 3 Common Law Item # Title Revision Author Comments 3.01 A Manual of Useful Knowledge 1851 Edward Rogers 3.02 A Manual of Common Law 1864 3.03 A Manual of Common Law for 1880 Josiah Smith Practitioners and Students 3.04 An Elementary Treatise on Second Henry Terry Common Law Edition 3.05 An Essay on Possession in the 1888 Sir Frederick Pollock Common Law 3.06 Book of the Hundreds Christ's Lawful Assembly 3.07 Brief Survey of Equity Jurisdiction 1908 C.C. Langdell 3.08 Civil Procedure at Common Law 1899 Alexander Martin 3.09 Commentaries on Equity 1875 Sir Thomas Taylor Jurisprudence 3.10 Commentaries on the Common 1873 Herbert Broom Law 3.11 Common Law Pleading: Its History 1897 Ralph Perry and Principles 3.12 Principles of Natural Law 1763 J.J. Burlamaqui

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3.13 Handbook of Common Law Second Benjamin Shipman Pleading Edition 3.14 Handbook of Common Law Joseph Koeffler Pleading 3.15 Pleadings and Practice in Actions Martin Burks at Common Law 3.16 Principles of Common Law John McKelvey Pleading 3.17 Principles of the Common Law 1888 John Indermaur 3.18 Readings on the History and Second Roscoe Pound System of the Common Law Edition 3.19 The Common Law: Its origin, 1894 Charles Daly sources, nature, and development 3.20 The History of the Common Law of 1739 Sir Mathhew Hale England 3.21 The Common Law 1881 O.W. Holmes 3.22 The Common Law 1911 Robert Chambers

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3.23 The Genius of the Common Law 1912 Sir Frederick Pollock 3.24 The Philosophy of the Common 1883 Herbert Broom Law 3.25 The Spirit of the Common Law 1921 Roscoe Pound 3.26 Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence 1907 John Norton Pomeroy 4 Constitutional Law Item # Title Revision Author Comments 4.01 A Familiar Exposition of the 1868 Joseph Story Constitution 4.02 A Memorial on Behalf of the 1908 Hannis Taylor Architect of the Federal Constitution 4.03 An Introduction to the 1868 John Pomeroy Constitutional Law of the United States 4.04 A Treatise on Rights and 1901 Henry Brannon Privileges Guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 4.05 A View of the Constitution of the 1825 William Rawle United States of America 4.06 American Constitutional Law 1888 J.I. Clark Hare

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4.07 Biographical Story of the 1910 Edward Elliott Constitution 4.08 Brief Exposition of the Constitution 1845 James Bayard 4.09 Commentaries on the Constitution 1895 Roger Foster of the United States 4.10 Constitutional Law 1910 James Parker 4.11 Due Process of Law Under the 1906 Lucius McGehee Federal Constitution 4.12 Federalist Papers Plus 2004 Mary Webster 4.13 Police Power, Public Policy, and 1904 Ernest Freund Constitutional Rights 4.14 The Adoption of the Fourteenth 1908 Horace Edgar Flack Amendment 4.15 The American Constitutional 1904 Westel Woodbury System Willoughby 4.16 The Debates in the State 1866 Jonathan Elliot Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution 4.17 The Origin and Growth of the 1911 Hannis Taylor American Constitution, An Historical Treatise 4.18 The Rights of an American Citizen 1832 Benjamin Oliver 4.19 The Unwritten Constitution of the 1890 Christopher United States Tiedman 4.20 The United States and the States 1888 Christopher Stuart Under the Constitution Patterson 4.21 Writings of Upon the 1839 John Marshall Federal Constitution

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5 Contracts, Agency, and Franchises Item # Title Revision Author Comments 5.01 A Treatise on Franchises 1909 Joseph Asbury Joyce 5.02 A Treatise on the Law of Public 1922 James F. Donnelly Contracts 5.03 A Treatise on the Law of Agency in 1902 George L. Reinhard Contract and Tort 5.04 An Essay on the Constitutional 1887 Henry Campbell Prohibition Against Legislation Black Impairing the Obligation of Contracts, and Against Retroactive and Ex Post Facto Laws 5.05 Commentaries on the Law of 1832 Joseph Story Bailments 5.06 Handbook of the Law of Principal 1903 Francis B. Tiffany and Agent 5.07 Invisible Contracts George Mercier 5.08 The Law of Agency 1901 Earnest Huffcut 5.09 The Law of Combinations, 1909 Frederick H. Cook Monopolies, and Labor Unions 5.09 The Law of Quasi Contracts 1913 Frederic Campbell Woodward 5.11 Treatise on the Law of Agency 1889 Floyd R. Mechem 5.12 Treatise on the Law of Quasi- William Keener Contracts 6 Courts Item # Title Revision Author Comments 6.01 A Brief Survey of the Jurisdiction 1921 Charles W. Bunn and Practice of the Courts of the United States 6.02 A Dissertation on the Nature and 1824 Thomas Sergeant Extent of the Jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States 6.03 A Treatise on Appeals Matters 1862 James Joyce Spiritual 6.04 The Historical Development of the 1894 Maximus L. Lesser Jury System 6.05 The Jurisdiction of Federal Courts 1899 Howard Carter as Limited by the Citizenship and Residency of the Parties 6.06 Practical Treatise on Jurisdiction of 1830 Robert Swan Ecclesiastical Courts 6.07 The Supreme Court and 1913 Blaine Free Moore Unconstitutional Legislation 7 Criminal Law Item # Title Revision Author Comments 7.01 Handbook of Criminal Law, Third 1915 William L. Clark Edition 7.02 Treatise on the Law of Conversion 1917 Renzo D. Bowers 7.03 Police Power, Public Policy, and 1904 Ernst Freund Constitutional Rights

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8 Discovery and Evidence Item # Title Revision Author Comments 8.01 A Pocket Code of the Rules of 1910 John Henry Evidence Wigmore 9 Government Item # Title Revision Author Comments 9.01 Analysis of Civil Government 1869 Calvin Townsend 9.02 A Treatise on the Law of Public 1890 Floyd R. Mechem Offices and Officers 9.03 A Treatise on State and Federal 1900 Christopher Control of Persons and Property Tiedman

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9.04 Civil Rico Manual for U.S. U.S. Dept of Justice Attorneys 9.05 Democracy v. Socialism 1901 Max Hirsch 9.06 Notes on Historical Evidence in 1871 John Dillon Reference to Adverse Origins of the Government of the USA 9.07 Principles of Government: A 1833 Nathaniel Chipman Treatise on Free Institutions 9.08 The American Diplomatic Code 1834 Jonathan Elliott

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9.09 The Law Frederick Bastiat 9.10 The Law Relating to Corrupt 1883 Miles Madison Practices At Elections 9.11 The Principles of the Administrative 1905 Frank Goodnow Law of the United States 9.12 The Republic of Republics Fourth Bernard Sage Edition, 1881 9.13 They Must or God and the Social 1908 Hermann Kutter Democracy 9.14 Treatise on the Law of Public 1922 James F. Donelly Contracts 9.15 Treatise on Government 1867 Joel Tiffany 9.16 Treatise on the Law of Eminent 1879 Henry Mills Domain 9.17 War Cyclopedia 1918 Edeward Corwin 10 History and Biography Item # Title Revision Author Comments 10.01 A Defense of of the Measures of 1804 John Taylor the Administration of 10.02 A History of Roman Law 1912 Andrew Stevenson 10.03 Addresses and Orations of Rufus 1878 Rufus Choate Choate 10.04 The History of The Decline and Edward Gibbon

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Fall of the Roman Empire 10.05 of the American Revolution 1848 E.L. Magoon 11 International Law Item # Title Revision Author Comments 11.01 Commentaries on the Conflict of 1865 Joseph Story Laws, Foreign and Domestic in Regard to Contracts, Rights, and Remedies 11.02 Conflict of Laws, or Private 1901 Raleigh C. Minor International Law 11.03 International Law: Private and 1883 Dr. L. Bar Criminal 11.04 Principles of Natural and Politic 1748 J.J. Burlamaqui Often quoted by the U.S. Supreme Court Law 11.05 The Law of Nations Monsieur De Vattel Used by the Founding Fathers to write the Constitution 11.06 The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Used by the Founding Fathers to write the Constitution 11.07 Treatise on the Conflict of Laws or 1881 Francis Wharton Private International Law 11.08 Treatise on the Law of 1892 Conrad Reno Nonresidents and Foreign Corporations 12 Law Item # Title Revision Author Comments 12.01 The Civil War and the Constitution 1901 John Burgess

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12.02 The Elements of Jurisprudence 1886 Thomas Erskine Holland 12.03 The Nature and Sources of Law 1909 John Gray 12.04 The Nature of Positive Law 1883 John Lightwood 12.05 The Science of Jurisprudence 1908 Hannis Taylor 12.06 The Spirit of Laws 1900 Baron De Montesquieu 12.07 War Powers Under the Constitution 1864 William Whiting 13 Legal Reference Item # Title Revision Author Comments 13.01 A Collection of Legal Maxims in 1880 S.S. Peloubet Law and Equity 13.02 A Concise Law Dictionary 1876 Herbert Mozeley 13.03 A New Law Dictionary and Institute 1874 Archibald Brown of the Whole Law 13.04 A New Law Dictionary 1792 Richard Burn

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13.05 A New Law Dictionary 1850 Alexander Burrill

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13.06 A Selection of Legal Maxims 1852 Herbert Broom 13.07 Black's Law Dictionary Henry Black

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Second Edition, 1910

13.08 Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Third 1914 Francis Rawle Edition

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13.09 Popular Law Library 1908 Albert Putney

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13.10 Principia Legis Et Aequitatis 1824 Thomas Branch 14 Practice Resources Item # Title Revision Author Comments 14.01 A Manual of Equity Jurisprudence 1880 Josiah W. Smith 14.02 A Popular and Practical 1835 Samuel Warren Introduction to Law Studies 14.03 A Treatise on the Construction and 1892 Henry Hardcastle Effect of Statute Law 14.04 A Treatise on the Rules Which 1857 Govern Interpretation and Application of Statutory and Constitutional Law 14.05 Cardinal Rules of Legal 1908 Edward Beal Interpretation 14.06 Forms of Federal Procedure in the 1894 Courts of the United States 14.07 Handbook on the Construction and Second Henry Black Interpretation of Laws Edition, 1911 14.08 On Legislative Expression or the 1845 George Coode Language of the Written Law 14.09 On The Interpretation of Statutes 1875 Peter Maxwell 14.10 Principles and Maxims of 1856 George Phillimore Jurisprudence 14.11 Statutes and Statutory Second J.G. Sutherland Construction Edition, 1904

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15 Property Protection Item # Title Revision Author Comments 15.01 A Practical Treatise on Abstracts 1883 George W. Warvelle and Examinations of Title to Real Property

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15.02 A Treatise on the Law of Trusts Sixth Edition, Jairus Ware Perry and Trustees 1911

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15.03 A Trustees Handbook 1907 Augustus Loring 15.04 American Law on Real Property 1906 Christopher Tiedeman 15.05 Concise Treatise on Morgages, 1897 Walter Ashburner Pledges, and Liens 15.06 Contract and Statutory Liens in 1903 Charles M. Bufford California and Their Enforcement 15.07 Handbook of the Law of Trusts 1921 George Bogert 15.08 The Law of Trusts and Trustees 1890 James H. Flint 15.09 The Law Relating to Private Trusts 1896 Arthur Underhill and Trustees 15.10 A Practical and Concise Manual of Second Arthur Underhill the Law Relating to Private Trusts Edition, 1884 15.11 Principles of the Law of Personal 1914 Frank Childs Property, Chattels, and Choses 15.12 The Law of Trusts and Trustees 1890 James Flint 15.13 Treatise on Deeds 1906 Robert Norton 15.14 Treatise on the Law of Liens Second Leonard A. Jones Edition, 1894 Vol 1 Vol 2

15.15 A Treatise on Mechanics Liens 1909 William M. Rockel 15.16 Treatise on Secret Liens and 1910 Abram I. Elkus Reputed Ownership 15.17 Treatise on the Law of Replevin 1880 H.W. Wells 15.18 A Treatise on the Law of Trusts 1911 Jairus Perry

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15.19 Trust Estates as Business Second John H. Sears Companies Edition, 1921 15.20 Trust Indenture Act of 1939 15.21 Trusts for Business Purposes 1922 William C. Dunn 16 Sovereignty Item # Title Revision Author Comments 16.01 History and Theory of Sovereignty 1900 C.E. Merriam 16.02 On Civil Liberty and Self 1853 Francis Lieber Government 16.03 The History of the Theory of 1895 Ferdinand Bullowa Sovereignty 17 Spirituality Item # Title Revision Author Comments 17.01 A Theological Dictionary 1830 Charles Buck 17.02 American Ecclesiastical Law: The 1866 R.H. Tyler Law Of Religious Societies 17.03 Religion and the State: Protection 1874 Alvah Hovey or Alliance?

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17.04 Religion and the State 1876 Samuel Spear 18 Taxes Item # Title Revision Author Comments 18.01 A Practical Treatise on the Power 1869 Robert Blackwell to Sell Land for Non-Payment of Taxes 18.02 A Treatise of Law of Income 1913 Henry Campbell Taxation Black 18.03 A Treatise of Law on Taxation 1877 W.H. Burroughs 18.04 The Law of Taxation 1875 Francis Hilliard 18.05 Treatise of Law on Taxation 1886 Thomas Cooley 19 Tort Item # Title Revision Author Comments 19.01 Doctrine of Unconstitutional Ronald Standler Proves that government may NOT force you to give up Conditions any constitutional right in exchange for any public benefit or franchise 19.02 Private Prosecutions Alfred Adask, Antishyster 19.03 The Law of Libel and Slander in 1898 Martin L. Newell Civil and Criminal Cases 19.04 Treatise on the Law of Conversion 1917 Renzo Bowers 19.05 Treatise on the Law of Malicious 1892 Martin Newell Prosecution, False Imprisonment, and Abuse of Legal Process 19.06 Treatise on Legal Remedies of 1891 Horace G. Wood Mandamus and Prohibition, Habeas Corpus, Certiorari, and Quo Warranto 19.07 Treatise on the Law of Negligence 1888 Thomas Gaskell 20 Travel Item # Title Revision Author Comments 20.01 The Law Applied to Motor Vehicles Francis Hurtubis History of the development of the motor vehicle code and regulation of the public roadways. 20.02 The Law of Automobiles C.P. Berry History of the development of the motor vehicle code and regulation of the public roadways. Copyright Sovereignty Education and Defense Ministry (SEDM) Home About Contact

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