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;
Statutes of the realm, the earliest sociological statute about 1100;
Stevenson, G.T., quoted;
Stock certificates, not negotiable;
Stock Exchange, rules of, customary law. 
Street Railways (see Municipal Socialism)
Streets, use of, by railways subject to vote of abutters. 
Strikes (see also Conspiracy), early law of;
  once unlawful in England;
  never unlawful in America;
  modern statutes concerning;
  European law of;
  illegal under a lawful wage;
  participation of employees in;
  notice of by employers required in modern statutes;
  lawful in France;
  use of Federal courts in,
Stubbs, on early English legislation. 
Succession taxes, history of;
  common, now in all States;
  Federal tax repealed;
  may be graded. 
Succession (see Interstate). 
Suffrage (see Women’s Suffrage, Elections), qualifications for;
  reforms in;
  disqualification of public servants;
  “grandfather clause”;
  property and qualification legislation. 
Sugar Trust cases. 
Sumptuary laws, in early England;
  statute de cibariis;
  courses at dinner regulated by law;
  diet and apparel;
  statute of A.D. 1463, prescribing apparel;
  women not to wear hose to the value of more than fourteen pence. 
Sunday laws, tendency to abolish;
  barbers may not shave on Sunday. 
Supplies, seizure by the king forbidden. 
Sweatshop, definition of;
  laws regulating;
  bakeries, cigar, clothing, artificial flowers, etc., trades
    principally regulated;
  laws concerning.