sanction of;
  notion of as an order of a sovereign to a subject;
  Roman notion of not understood;
  unwritten in early England;
  Austinian notion of quite modern in England;
  sanction of, not necessarily punishment;
  early English all customary;
  always made by the people under Teutonic ideas;
  English not codified;
  right to, recognized in Magna Charta;
  of the land, as expressed in Magna Charta;
  extended to all people;
  right to as against military law;
  form of American statutes. 
Law merchant, history of;
  governs all persons coming to the staple. 
Law reports continuous among the English people since 1305. 
Laws (see Statutes), not made by early Parliaments, but only
  declared;
  “We are unwilling to change the laws of England.” 
Lawyers may not sit in Parliament. 
Legislation (see also Statutes);
  American in general, chapter concerning, chapter VI;
  proper field of;
  makes the bulk of modern law;
  not supposed to be difficult;
  none in modern sense before the Norman conquest;
  early growth of in England;
  beginning of new legislation;
  sociological only considered;
  State;
  our subject;
  early necessity of;
  Anglo-Saxon;
  early English laws recognized order law;
  form of in England;
  apt to cease under personal government;
  American in general;
  of the British Empire, index to;
  growth of constructive legislation in America;
  radical tendency of;
  to enact unconstitutional laws;
  division of into subjects;
  method of in United States;
  form of, discussed in chapter XX;
  should not be delegated to commissions;
  final discussion;
  no book upon the contents of. 
Legislatures (see also Parliament),
  history of;
  to make new laws a modern conception;
  origin of representative;
  early, included all fighting men;
  annual sessions, history of;
  biennial or quadrennial sessions of;
  moral cowardice of;
  modern distrust of;
  sessions of limited. 
Legitimacy, common law as to. 
Lent, observation of, required by statute of James I.
Levees on the Mississippi. 
Liability (see Corporation). 
Libel, and slander,
  legislation relating to;
  against government;
  modern statute abolishing law. 
Liberties, charter of (see Charter),
  declared by early statutes;
  restoration of in England;
  personal, secured by writs de odio et atia and habeas corpus. 
“Liberty Clause,” the great. 
Liberty (see also Personal Liberty, Life and Liberty, etc.),
  right to, recognized in Magna Charta;
  special to Kentishmen;
  in labor matters;
  of trade. 
Licensing of trade, laws concerning. 
Life, liberty, and property (see Constitutional Law),
  makes a convenient division of legislation;