- 1Preface to the First Edition
- 2Preface to the Fourth Edition — § 1 — Jurisprudence as the Science…
- 3§ 2 — Jurisprudence as the Science of Civil Law
- 4§ 3 — Theoretical Jurisprudence
- 5§ 4 — English and Foreign Jurisprudence
- 6Chapter II — Civil Law
- 7§ 6 — The Administration of Justice
- 8§ 7 — Law Logically Subsequent to the Administration of Justice
- 9§ 8 — Law and Fact
- 10§ 9 — The Justification of the Law
- 11§ 10 — The Defects of the Law
- 12§ 11 — General and Special Law
- 13§ 12 — Common Law
- 14§ 13 — Law and Equity
- 15Chapter III — Other Kinds of Law
- 16§ 15 — Physical or Scientific Law
- 17§ 16 — Natural or Moral Law
- 18§ 17 — Imperative Law
- 19§ 18 — Conventional Law
- 20§ 19 — Customary Law
- 21§ 20 — Practical Law
- 22§ 21 — International Law
- 23§ 22 — The Law of Nations as Natural Law
- 24§ 23 — The Law of Nations as Customary Law
- 25§ 24 — The Law of Nations as Imperative Law
- 26Chapter IV — The Administration of Justice
- 27§ 26 — Origin of the Administration of Justice
- 28§ 27 — Civil and Criminal Justice
- 29§ 28 — The Purposes of Criminal Justice; Deterrent Punishment
- 30§ 29 — Preventive Punishment
- 31§ 30 — Reformative Punishment
- 32§ 31 — Retributive Punishment
- 33§ 32 — Civil Justice; Primary and Sanctioning Rights
- 34§ 33 — A Table of Legal Remedies
- 35§ 34 — Penal and Remedial Proceedings
- 36§ 35 — Secondary Functions of Courts of Law
- 37Summary
- 38Chapter V — The State
- 39§ 37 — Secondary Functions of the State
- 40§ 38 — The Territory of the State
- 41§ 39 — The Membership of the State
- 42§ 40 — The Constitution of the State
- 43§ 41 — The Government of the State
- 44§ 42 — Independent and Dependent States
- 45§ 43 — Unitary and Composite States
- 46Summary
- 47Chapter VI — The Sources of Law
- 48§ 45 — Legal and Historical Sources
- 49§ 46 — A List of Legal Sources
- 50§ 47 — The Sources of Law as Constitutive and Abrogative
- 51§ 48 — Sources of Law and Sources of Rights
- 52§ 49 — Ultimate Legal Principles
- 53Summary
- 54Chapter VII — Legislation
- 55§ 51 — Supreme and Subordinate Legislation
- 56§ 52 — Relation of Legislation to Other Sources
- 57§ 53 — Codification
- 58§ 54 — The Interpretation of Enacted Law
- 59Summary
- 60Chapter VIII — Custom
- 61§ 56 — Reasons for the Reception of Customary Law
- 62§ 57 — The Requisites of a Valid Custom
- 63§ 58 — Conventional Custom
- 64§ 59 — Theories of Customary Law
- 65§ 60 — Custom and Prescription
- 66Summary
- 67Chapter IX — Precedent
- 68§ 62 — Declaratory and Original Precedents
- 69§ 63 — Authoritative and Persuasive Precedents
- 70§ 64 — The Absolute and Conditional Authority of Precedents
- 71§ 65 — The Disregard of a Precedent
- 72§ 66 — Precedents Constitutive, Not Abrogative
- 73§ 67 — Grounds of the Authority of Precedents
- 74§ 68 — The Sources of Judicial Principles
- 75§ 69 — Respective Functions of Judges and Juries
- 76Summary
- 77Chapter X — Legal Rights
- 78§ 71 — Duties
- 79§ 72 — Rights
- 80§ 73 — The Elements of a Legal Right
- 81§ 74 — Legal Rights in a Wider Sense of the Term
- 82§ 75 — Liberties
- 83§ 76 — Powers
- 84§ 77 — Duties, Disabilities, and Liabilities
- 85Summary
- 86Chapter XI — The Kinds of Legal Rights
- 87§ 79 — The Legal Nature of Rights Against the State
- 88§ 80 — Positive and Negative Rights
- 89§ 81 — Real and Personal Rights
- 90§ 82 — Proprietary and Personal Rights
- 91§ 83 — Rights in Re Propria and Rights in Re Aliena
- 92§ 84 — Principal and Accessory Rights
- 93§ 85 — Legal and Equitable Rights
- 94Summary
- 95Chapter XII — Ownership
- 96§ 87 — Corporeal and Incorporeal Ownership
- 97§ 88 — Corporeal and Incorporeal Things
- 98§ 89 — Sole Ownership and Co-ownership
- 99§ 90 — Trust and Beneficial Ownership
- 100§ 91 — Legal and Equitable Ownership
- 101§ 92 — Vested and Contingent Ownership
- 102Summary
- 103Chapter XIII — Possession
- 104§ 94 — Possession in Fact and in Law
- 105§ 95 — Corporeal and Incorporeal Possession
- 106§ 96 — Corporeal Possession
- 107§ 97 — The Animus Possidendi
- 108§ 98 — The Corpus of Possession
- 109§ 99 — The Relation of the Possessor to Other Persons
- 110§ 100 — Relation of the Possessor to the Thing Possessed
- 111Chapter XIV — Possession (Continued)
- 112§ 102 — Concurrent Possession
- 113§ 103 — The Acquisition of Possession
- 114§ 104 — Possession Not Essentially the Physical Power of Exclusion
- 115§ 105 — Incorporeal Possession
- 116§ 106 — Relation Between Possession and Ownership
- 117§ 107 — Possessory Remedies
- 118Summary of Chapters XIII. and XIV
- 119Chapter XV — Persons
- 120§ 109 — The Legal Status of the Lower Animals
- 121§ 110 — The Legal Status of Dead Men
- 122§ 111 — The Legal Status of Unborn Persons
- 123§ 112 — Double Personality
- 124§ 113 — Legal Persons
- 125§ 114 — Corporations
- 126§ 115 — The Agents, Beneficiaries, and Members of a Corporation
- 127§ 110 — The Acts and Liabilities of a Corporation
- 128§ 117 — The Uses and Purposes of Incorporation
- 129§ 118 — The Creation and Extinction of Corporations
- 130§ 119 — The State as a Corporation
- 131Summary
- 132Chapter XVI — Titles
- 133§ 121 — Acts in the Law
- 134§ 122 — Agreements
- 135§ 123 — The Classes of Agreements
- 136§ 124 — Void and Voidable Agreements
- 137Summary
- 138Chapter XVII — Liability
- 139§ 126 — The Theory of Remedial Liability
- 140§ 127 — The Theory of Penal Liability
- 141§ 128 — Acts
- 142§ 129 — Two Classes of Wrongful Acts
- 143§ 130 — Damnum Sine Injuria
- 144§ 131 — The Place and Time of an Act
- 145§ 132 — Mens Rea
- 146Summary
- 147Chapter XVIII — Intention and Negligence
- 148§ 134 — Intention and Motive
- 149§ 135 — Malice
- 150§ 136 — Relevance and Irrelevance of Motives
- 151§ 137 — Criminal Attempts
- 152§ 138 — Other Exceptions to the Irrelevance of Motives
- 153§ 139 — Jus Necessitatis
- 154§ 140 — Negligence
- 155§ 141 — Objection Considered
- 156§ 142 — The Standard of Care
- 157§ 143 — Degrees of Negligence
- 158§ 144 — Other Theories of Negligence
- 159Chapter XIX — Liability (Continued)
- 160§ 146 — Mistake of Law
- 161§ 147 — Mistake of Fact
- 162§ 148 — Accident
- 163§ 149 — Vicarious Responsibility
- 164§ 150 — The Measure of Criminal Liability
- 165§ 151 — The Measure of Civil Liability
- 166Summary
- 167Chapter XX — The Law of Property
- 168§ 153 — Kinds of Property
- 169§ 154 — The Ownership of Material Things
- 170§ 155 — Movable and Immovable Property
- 171§ 156 — Real and Personal Property
- 172§ 157 — Rights in Re Propria in Immaterial Things
- 173§ 158 — Leases
- 174§ 159 — Servitudes
- 175§ 160 — Securities
- 176§ 161 — Modes of Acquisition: Possession
- 177§ 162 — Prescription
- 178§ 163 — Agreement
- 179§ 164 — Inheritance
- 180Summary
- 181Chapter XXI — The Law of Obligations
- 182§ 166 — Solidary Obligations
- 183§ 167 — The Sources of Obligations
- 184§ 168 — Obligations Arising From Contracts
- 185§ 169 — Obligations Arising From Torts
- 186§ 170 — Obligations Arising From Quasi-Contracts
- 187§ 171 — Innominate Obligations
- 188Summary
- 189Chapter XXII — The Law of Procedure
- 190§ 173 — Evidence
- 191§ 174 — The Valuation of Evidence
- 192§ 175 — The Production of Evidence
- 193§ 176 — Criticism of the Law of Evidence
- 194Summary
- 195Appendices
- 196Appendix II. — The Theory of Sovereignty
- 197Appendix III. — The Maxims of the Law
- 1981 — Actus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea
- 1992 — Adversus Extraneos Vitiosa Possessio Prodesse Solet
- 2003 — Apices Juris Non Sunt Jura
- 2014 — Cessante Ratione Legis Cessat Lex Ipsa
- 2025 — Cogitationis Poenam Nemo Patitur
- 2036 — Communis Error Facit Jus
- 2048 — De Minimis Non Curat Lex
- 2059 — Ex Nudo Pacto Non Oritur Actio
- 20610 — Ex Turpi Causa Non Oritur Actio
- 20711 — Ignorantia Facti Excusat, Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat
- 20812 — Impossibilium Nulla Obligatio Est — 13 — In Jure Non Remota Ca…
- 20914 — In Pari Causa Potior Est Conditio Possidentis
- 21015 — In Pari Delicto Potior Est Conditio Defendentis
- 21116 — Inter Arma Leges Silent
- 21217 — Invito Beneficium Non Datur
- 21318 — Juris Praecepta Sunt Haec: Honeste Vivere, Alterum Non Laedere…
- 21419 — Jus Publicum Privatorum Pactis Mutari Non Potest
- 21520 — Modus et Conventio Vincunt Legem
- 21621 — Necessitas Non Habet Legem — 22 — Neminem Oportet Legibus Esse…
- 21723 — Nemo Plus Juris Ad Alium Transferre Potest, Quam Ipse Haberet
- 21824 — Nemo Tenetur Se Ipsum Accusare
- 21925 — Nemo Dat Qui Non Habet — 26 — Non Omne Quod Licet Honestum Est
- 22027 — Nullus Videtur Dolo Facere, Qui Suo Jure Utitur
- 22128 — Qui Facit per Alium, Facit per Se
- 22229 — Qui Prior Est Tempore Potior Est Jure
- 22330 — Quod Fieri Non Debet, Factum Valet
- 22431 — Res Judicata Pro Veritate Accipitur · 32 — Respondeat Superior…
- 22534 — Summum Jus Summa Injuria
- 22635 — Superficies Solo Cedit
- 22736 — Ubi Eadem Ratio, Ibi Idem Jus
- 22837 — Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium
- 22938 — Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt
- 23039 — Volenti Non Fit Injuria
- 231Appendix IV. — The Divisions of the Law
- 2321 — The Introductory Portion of the Law
- 2332 — Private and Public Law
- 2343 — Civil and Criminal Law
- 2354 — Substantive Law and the Law of Procedure
- 2365 — Divisions of the Substantive Civil Law
- 2376 — The Law of Property
- 2387 — The Law of Obligations
- 2398 — The Law of Status
- 240Summary — The Divisions of the Law
- 241Appendix V — The Literature of Jurisprudence
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