municipal.
Socialists, may be denied immigration.
Society, possible systems of, described.
Soldiers and sailors (_see Pensions_), to be treated free.
Southwark, inhabitants of, declared to be thieves, men and women.
Sovereign, the king under Norman ideas.
Sovereignty, in the legislature;
in Parliament.
Spain, war veterans of, pensions, etc.
Spanish war (_see Veterans of_)
Special courts declared odious.
Specific performance of labor contracts.
Speech (_see Free Speech_)
Spence quoted.
Stage players (_see Actors_)
Stamford, statute of.
Standard Oil Trust;
legality of.
Standard wage (_see Wages_), principle gives place to modern
principle of living wage.
Standing armies, origin of;
early objections to;
forbidden in Bill of Rights;
first established in England under Charles II.
Staple (_see Forestalling_), definition of;
abolished beyond the seas;
generally abolished in 1340;
last statute of 1353;
extends to wool, leather, hides, and lead;
statute of re-enacted in 1354.
Star Chamber (_see Chancery, Riots_) abolished under Charles I.
State aid, to railroads;
to industries;
present questions.
State and Federal questions (_see Centralization_).
State legislation, early increase of;
the Constitution.
State regulation of rates (_see Rates_).
State, general powers of;
may not engage in any internal improvements or industry;
rights and powers of as to corporations;
State socialism, whether compatible with the Constitution.
Statute (_see Statutes, Common Law_), modern notion of;
earliest social;
why more democratic than the common law, (For special statutes, see
their titles)
Statute, law, modern importance of.
Statute merchant 1285.
Statutes, the subject of this book;
are comparatively recent;
making law a new discovery;
declare the law;
importance of in modern times;
our study sociological;
early nature of;
early English, what are in force in the United States;
began to be in English A.D. 1463;
when should be unconstitutional;
limitations upon individualism;
proper classification of;
form of;
no authenticated revision usually;
present functions;
method of enacting;
many laws of doubtful authority;
lack of official publication;
need of scientific draftsmen;
reforms recommended;
indexing and arrangement;
final discussion of the system of statute-making;
difficulty of interpreting;
their general uncertainty;
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