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Joseph Story Commentary

Joseph Story

TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I
HISTORY OF THE COLONIES

CHAPTER	TITLE	PARAGRAPHS
1.	Origin and Title to the Territory of the Colonies	01 - 38
2.	Origin and Settlement of Virginia	39 - 51
3.	Origin and Settlement of New England, and Plymouth Colony	52 - 60
4.	Massachusetts	61 - 77
5.	New Hampshire	78 - 81
6.	Maine	82 - 83
7.	Connecticut	84 - 93
8.	Rhode Island	94 - 102
9.	Maryland	103 - 110
10.	New York	111 - 114
11.	New Jersey	115 - 120
12.	Pennsylvania	121 - 125
13.	Delaware	126 - 127
14.	North and South Carolina	128 - 142
15.	Georgia	143 - 145
16.	General Review of the Colonies	146 - 158
17.	General Review of the Colonies (Con’t)	159 - 197


VOLUME II
HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION AND OF THE CONFEDERATION

CHAPTER	TITLE	PARAGRAPHS
1.	The History of the Revolution	198 - 217
2.	Origin of the Confederation	218 - 228
3.	Analysis of the Articles of the Confederation	229 - 242
4.	Decline and Fall of the Confederation	243 - 271


VOLUME III
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

CHAPTER	TITLE	PARAGRAPHS
1.	Origin and Adoption of the Constitution	272 - 280
2.	Objections to the Constitution	281 - 305
3.	Nature of the Constitution - whether a Compact	306 - 372
4.	Who is the final Judge or Interpreter in Constitutional Controversies	373 - 396
5.	Rules of Interpretation of the Constitution	397 - 456
6.	The Preamble	457 - 517
7.	Distribution of Powers	518 - 544
8.	The Legislature	545 - 570
9.	The House of Representatives	571 - 689
10.	The Senate	690 - 813
11.	Elections and Meetings of Congress	814 - 836
12.	Privileges and Powers of both Houses of Congress	837 - 872
13.	Mode of Passing Laws - President's Negative	873 - 904
14.	Power of Congress - Taxes	905 - 1058
15.	Power of Congress - Borrow Money and Regulate Commerce	1059 - 1106
16.	Power of Congress - Naturalization and Bankruptcy	1107 - 1120
17.	Power of Congress - Coin Money and Fix the Standard of Weights and Measures	1121 - 1128
18.	Power of Congress - Establish Post Offices and Post Roads	1129 - 1155
19.	Power of Congress - Promote Science and Useful Arts	1156 - 1160
20.	Power of Congress - Punish Piracies and Felonies on the High Seas	1161 - 1172
21.	Power of Congress - Declare War and Make Captures - Army Navy	1173 - 1203
22.	Power of Congress - Militia	1204 - 1219
23.	Power of Congress - Seat of Government and other ceded Places	1220 - 1239
24.	Power of Congress - Incidental	1240 - 1262
25.	Power of Congress - National Bank	1263 - 1275
26.	Power of Congress - Internal Improvements	1276 - 1285
27.	Power of Congress - Purchases of Foreign Territory - Embargoes	1286 - 1298
28.	Power of Congress to Punish Treason	1299 - 1305
29.	Power of Congress as to Proof of State Records and Proceedings	1306 - 1317
30.	Power of Congress - Admission of new States, and Acquisition of Territory	1318 - 1325
31.	Power of Congress - Territorial Government	1326 - 1334
32.	Prohibitions on the United States	1335 - 1356
33.	Prohibitions on the States	1357- 1377
34.	Prohibitions on the States - Impairing Contracts	1378 - 1405
35.	Prohibitions on the States - Tonnage Duties - Making War	1406 - 1414
36.	Executive - Organization of Department	1415 - 1493
37.	Executive - Powers and Duties	1494 - 1577
38.	The Judiciary - Importance and Powers of	1578 - 1799
39.	Definition and Evidence of Treason	1800 - 1807
40.	Privileges of Citizens - Fugitives - Slaves	1808 - 1816
41.	Guaranty of Republican Government - Mode of Making Amendments	1817 - 1835
42.	Public Debts - Supremacy of Constitution and Laws	1836 - 1846
43.	Oaths of Office - Religious Test - Ratification of the Constitution	1847 - 1860
44.	Amendments to the Constitution	1861 - 1923
45.	Concluding Remarks	1924 - 1928

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