no cause of surprise, that this branch of the English law occupies at least five hundred and thirty volumes of reports, one hundred and eighty of which are large folios. To this copious source, until lately, was the American lawyer compelled to resort for instruction; for we had no reports until Pennsylvania set the example in the year 1790, in the reports of Alexander James Dallas, esq. From that time until 1803, there were only a few books of reports published; but from that period to the present, the catalogue has been increasing almost monthly. We doubt not that an enumeration of the American books of reports will prove useful and acceptable to our student, for which we refer him to the title "Legal Biography and Bibliography," of this Course. Under this head, (Note 13.) MISCELLANEOUS. which is annexed to most of the titles in this Course, are embraced such essays, pamphlets, opinions of eminent counsellors, &c. as are well entitled to a place in this work, but which, on account of the ephemeral form in which they have been given to the world, and the consequent difficulty of obtaining them, and their being chiefly censorial or speculative, we have placed rather as an appendage than an integral part of this Course. It is certain, however, that legal essays and opinions of the learned, frequently display the genius and entire strength of their authors, unfold in a clear, solid, and learned manner the true merits of a subject; and are often better entitled to be resorted to, than the regular treatise or deliberate judicial opinion. In the selection we have made of this species of matter, we have been especially cautious; the student, therefore, if zealous in the pursuit of knowledge, will never pretermit any essay, &c. under the division Miscellaneous, but, if practicable, obtain and read it with suitable attention.* PARTICULAR SYLLABUS. TITLE IV. In tutelis, societatibus, fiduciis, mandatis, rebus emptis, venditis, conductis, locatis, quibus vitæ societas continetur; in his discipuli est intelligere, quid quemque cuique præstare oporteret. CIC. DE OFF. LIB. III. § 17. THE LAW OF PERSONAL RIGHTS, AND PERSONAL REMEDIES. I. THE LAW OF PERSONAL RIGHTS. (Note 1.) 1. The following chapters in 1st volume of . · Blackstone's Commentaries. (Note 2.) The 1st. chap. "Of the absolute rights of Individuals." · The 14th chap. "Of Master and Ser vant." * For further remarks on this subject, vide note 7 on the 13th Title. The 15th ch. "Of Husband and Wife." . The 16th ch. "Of Parent and Child." The 17th ch. "Of Guardian and Ward." The 18th ch. "Of Corporations." 2. The second volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, from the twenty-fourth to the thirty-second chapters, both inclusive. 3. The following select chapters in Bacon's Abridgment: 1. Marriage and Divorce. 2. Baron and Feme. 3. Bastardy. 4. Guardian. 5. Infancy and Age. 6. Idiots and Lunaticks. 7. Aliens. 8. Ambassadors. 9. Prerogative. 10. Corporations. 11. By-Laws. 12. Statutes. 13. Wills and Testaments. 14. Executors and Administrators. 15. Legacies. 16. Agreement. 17. Obligations. 18. Assignment. 19. Authority. 20. Bailment, [and Jones on Bailments.] 21. Fraud. 22. Duress. [After this inquiry into the law of personal rights, and previously to an investigation into the various remedies established by law for their enforcement, the student's attention should be directed to the organization of the various tribunals or courts, whose peculiar province it is, in order that right and justice may be rendered to all who have a claim to the protection of the laws, to ascertain and define these rights, to judge of the propriety of the selected remedy, and finally to execute their judgments. On this subject we recommend the following chapters in Bacon's Abridgment.] 1. Courts and their jurisdiction in general. 2. Court of Parliament. 3. Court of King's Bench. 4. Court of Common Pleas. 5. Court of Exchequer. 6. Court of the Justices of As- 7. Ecclesiastical Courts. 8. Attorney. 9. Sheriff. OFFICERS OF COURT. COURTS. |