THE LAW
OF TREASON
IN THE UNITED STATES

Collected Essays
James Willard Hurst

Contributions in American History Number 12

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Introduction, by Jon Roland


Contents

Chapter 1 copyright © 1945 by The Federal Bar Journal

Chapter 2 copyright © 1945 by Wisconsin Law Review

Chapters 3, 4, and 5 and sections I, III, IV, V, and VI of the appendix copyright © 1944-1945 by Harvard Law Review

Preface, Chapter 6, and section II of the appendix copyright © 1971 by James Willard Hurst

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HTML Version Preface VII

HTML Version Acknowledgments XI

HTML Version 1 The Historic Background of the Treason Clause in the Constitution 3

HTML Version 2 English Sources of the Law of Treason 14

HTML Version 3 Treason Down to the Constitution 68

HTML Version 4 Treason and the Constitution 126

HTML Version 5 Treason Under the Constitution 186

HTML Version 6 Treason Cases and Doctrine, 1945-1970 236

HTML Version Appendix 260

HTML Version Index 281


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