Sunday : Legal Aspects of the First Day of the Week [1891],9781584773320

Sunday : Legal Aspects of the First Day of the Week [1891]

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ISBN13: 9781584773320
ISBN10: 1584773324
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-07-01
Publisher(s): Lawbook Exchange Ltd
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Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SUNDAY LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES.
In general
1(1)
Cases denying the constitutionality of Sunday laws
2(7)
Cases sustaining the constitutionality of Sunday laws-In general
9(3)
Cases sustaining the constitutionality of Sunday laws under the Federal constitution
12(1)
Cases sustaining the constitutionality of Sunday laws as affecting property rights
13(2)
Cases sustaining the constitutionality of Sunday laws as to religious liberty and equality
15(9)
Cases sustaining the constitutionality of Sunday laws when passed by municipal corporations
24(8)
CHAPTER II. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SUNDAY LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES-CONTINUED.
Cases sustaining them as religions regulations
32(47)
CHAPTER III. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SUNDAY LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES-CONTINUED.
Cases sustaining them as civil regulations
79(32)
CHAPTER IV. What is Sunday 111(6)
CHAPTER V. NATURE OF THE ILLEGALITY OF A SUNDAY CONTRACT.
I. In general-Leaving parties where they stand
117(4)
II. The question of completion
121(8)
When begun on Sunday
121(6)
The question of completion, when finished on Sunday
127(2)
III. The question of ratification
129(7)
IV. The liability of common carriers
136(1)
V. The question of warranties
137(2)
VI. The question of hired horses
139(3)
VII. The question of third persons
142(3)
CHAPTER VI. Effect of the prohibition of Sunday labor in cases of tort 145(6)
CHAPTER VII. SUNDAY AS A DIES NON JURIDICUS.
I. Was Sunday a Dies Non Juridicus at common law?
151(3)
II. Distinction between judicial and ministerial acts
154(2)
III. Writs in general
156(5)
IV. Arrest without process, taking recognizance, &c
161(2)
V. Receiving a verdict, giving judgment, &c
163(4)
VI. Miscellaneous instances
167(2)
CHAPTER VIII. SUNDAY IN THE COMPUTATION OF TIME.
I. In general
169(1)
II. When fulfillment of contract due, where time for same expires on Sunday
170(1)
III. When demand, &c., to be made, where time for same expires on Sunday
171(1)
IV. Computation of time in judicial proceedings
172(8)
CHAPTER IX. SUNDAY LIQUOR-SELLING.
I. As business, &c
180(1)
II. Clubs-What is "A Tippling-house"
180(1)
III. What is "Intoxicating Liquor"
181(1)
IV. "Keeping Open "
182(3)
V. The effect of a license
185(1)
VI. The indictment, evidence, &c
186(6)
CHAPTER X. THE PROHIBITION OF SUNDAY LABOR.
I. The Forbidden Acts.
In general
192(2)
(1) The question whether Sunday laws are to be construed strictly or otherwise
194(7)
(2) Distinction between public and private labor
201(4)
(3) The words "Ordinary Calling"
205(4)
(4) Contracts as labor-The general principle
209(6)
(5) Contracts as labor-The question of sustaining fraud, &c
215(2)
(6) Contracts as labor-Contracts through agents
217(1)
(7) Contracts as labor-Bills and notes
218(3)
(8) Contracts as labor-Marriages
221(1)
(9) Miscellaneous instances of labor, business, &c
222(8)
II. The Exceptions of "Necessity" and "Charity."
(1) "Necessity"-The general principle
230(6)
(2) Traveling as a necessity-The principle
236(2)
(3) Traveling as a necessity-Particular journeys
238(2)
(4) Agricultural work as a necessity
240(2)
(5) Manufacturing, &c., as a necessity
242(1)
(6) Miscellaneous instances of necessity, &c
243(5)
(7) Charity
248(1)
(8) Are necessity, charity, &c., questions of law or fact?
249

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