Joseph Story: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: Table of Contents

VOLUME I.
	The Constitution
	Preliminary Chapter
BOOK I.
HISTORY OF THE COLONIES
				Sections
	CHAPTER	I.	Origin and Title to the Territory of the Colonies	1-	38
	CHAPTER	II.	Origin and Settlement of Virginia	39-	51
	CHAPTER	III.	Origin and Settlement of New-England, and Plymouth Colony	52-	60
	CHAPTER	IV.	Massachusetts	61-	77
	CHAPTER	V.	New-Hampshire	78-	81
	CHAPTER	VI.	Maine	82-	83
	CHAPTER	VII.	Connecticut	84-	93
	CHAPTER	VIII.	Rhode-Island	94-	102
	CHAPTER	IX.	Maryland	103-	110
	CHAPTER	X.	New-York	111-	114
	CHAPTER	XI.	New-Jersey	115-	120
	CHAPTER	XII.	Pennsylvania	121-	125
	CHAPTER	XIII.	Delaware	126-	127
	CHAPTER	XIV.	North and South-Carolina	128-	142
	CHAPTER	XV.	Georgia	143-	145
	CHAPTER	XVI.	General Review of the Colonies	146-	158
	CHAPTER	XVII.	General Review of the Colonies	159-	197
BOOK II.
HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION AND OF THE CONFEDERATION.
	CHAPTER	I.	The History of the Revolution	198-	217
	CHAPTER	II.	Origin of the Confederation	218-	228
	CHAPTER	III.	Analysis of the Articles of the Confederation	229-	242
	CHAPTER	IV.	Decline and Fall of the Confederation	243-	271
BOOK III.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
	CHAPTER	I.	Origin and Adoption of the Constitution	272-	280
	CHAPTER	II.	Objections to the Constitution	281-	305
	CHAPTER	III.	Nature of the Constitution — whether a Compact	306-	372
	CHAPTER	IV.	Who is the final Judge or Interpreter in Constitutional Controversies	373-	396
	CHAPTER	V.	Rules of Interpretation of the Constitution	397-	456
	CHAPTER	VI.	The Preamble	457-	516
VOLUME II.
	CHAPTER	VII.	Distribution of Powers	517-	543
	CHAPTER	VIII.	The Legislature	544-	569
	CHAPTER	IX.	The House of Representatives	570-	687
	CHAPTER	X.	The Senate	688-	811
	CHAPTER	XI.	Elections and Meetings of Congress	812-	834
	CHAPTER	XII.	Privileges and Powers of both Houses of Congress	835-	869
	CHAPTER	XIII.	Mode of Passing Laws — President's Negative	870-	901
	CHAPTER	XIV.	Powers of Congress — Taxes	902-	1049
	CHAPTER	XV.	Power to Borrow Money and Regulate Commerce	1050-	1096
VOLUME III.
	CHAPTER	XVI.	Power over Naturalization and Bankruptcy	1097-	1110
	CHAPTER	XVII.	Power to Coin Money and Fix the Standard of Weights and Measures	1111-	1118
	CHAPTER	XVIII.	Power to Establish Post-Offices and Post-Roads	1119-	1145
	CHAPTER	XIX.	Power to Promote Science and Useful Arts	1146-	1151
	CHAPTER	XX.	Power to Punish Piracies and Felonies on the High Seas	1152-	1162
	CHAPTER	XXI.	Power to Declare War and Make Captures — Army — Navy	1163-	1193
	CHAPTER	XXII.	Power over the Militia	1194-	1210
	CHAPTER	XXIII.	Power over Seat of Government and other ceded Places	1211-	1230
	CHAPTER	XXIV.	Powers of Congress — Incidental	1231-	1253
	CHAPTER	XXV.	Powers of Congress — National Bank	1254-	1266
	CHAPTER	XXVI.	Powers of Congress — Internal Improvements	1267-	1276
	CHAPTER	XXVII.	Powers of Congress — Purchases of Foreign Territory — Embargoes	1277-	1289
	CHAPTER	XXVIII.	Power of Congress to Punish Treason	1290-	1296
	CHAPTER	XXIX.	Power of Congress as to Proof of State Records and Proceedings	1297-	1307
	CHAPTER	XXX.	Powers of Congress — Admission of new States, and Acquisition of Territory	1308-	1315
	CHAPTER	XXXI.	Powers of Congress — Territorial Government	1316-	1324
	CHAPTER	XXXII.	Prohibitions on the United States	1325-	1346
	CHAPTER	XXXIII.	Prohibitions on the States	1347-	1367
	CHAPTER	XXXIV.	Prohibitions on the States — Impairing Contracts	1368-	1394
	CHAPTER	XXXV.	Prohibitions on the States — Tonnage Duties — Making War	1395-	1403
	CHAPTER	XXXVI.	Executive Department — Organization of	1404-	1482
	CHAPTER	XXXVII.	Executive — Powers and Duties	1483-	1566
	CHAPTER	XXXVIII.	The Judiciary — Importance and Powers of	1567-	1789
	CHAPTER	XXXIX.	Definition and Evidence of Treason	1790-	1797
	CHAPTER	XL.	Privileges of Citizens — Fugitives — Slaves	1798-	1806
	CHAPTER	XLI.	Guaranty of Republican Government — Mode of Making Amendments	1807-	1825
	CHAPTER	XLII.	Public Debts — Supremacy of Constitution and Laws	1826-	1836
	CHAPTER	XLIII.	Oaths of Office — Religious Test — Ratification of the Constitution	1837-	1850
	CHAPTER	XLIV.	Amendments to the Constitution	1851-	1902
	CHAPTER	XLV.	Concluding Remarks	1903-	1907
	INDEX OF SUBJECTS		Index by Subject

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME I.

BOOK I.

HISTORY OF THE COLONIES

BOOK II.

HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION AND OF THE CONFEDERATION.

BOOK III.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

VOLUME II.

VOLUME III.