A SELECTION OF CASES ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. BY EMLIN MCCLAIN, A.M., LL.D., CHANCELLOR OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1900. PREFACE. THE object of this collection of cases is to furnish to the student the means of pursuing the study of constitutional law by the case method. The general outline of the plan of arrangement adopted by Judge Cooley in his "Principles of Constitutional Law" is followed, and in subject-matter the two books correspond chapter by chapter and almost section by section, save that the first two chapters of Judge Cooley's work, which are general and historical, are represented in this collection by two chapters which contain cases relating to the general nature of the Federal Constitution and the relation of the States to the Federal government; while the scope of the third chapter is extended to cover some questions which it seems proper to bring together, although in the "Principles " they are treated later in connection with other subjects. it may This collection of cases may therefore be used as the sole students' book on the subject, the teacher giving such historical matter as to the origin of constitutional principles and as to the adoption of the constitutional system as he deems necessary; or be used to supplement Cooley's "Principles" and enable the student to read a series of cases illustrative of the text of that work, and thus do more effectively the case reading which any teacher, using the text-book, would like to have his students do in connection with the study of the text. To make the use of this book as an independent work convenient and satisfactory, the Federal Constitution has been reprinted, and a table of contents, a table of cases, and a full index have been given. It has not been easy to include those important cases which would be looked for in a collection of this kind and with which. every student of this subject should become familiar, and at the |