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A Treatise on American Citizenship

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John Sergeant Wise

Edward Thompson Company, 1906 - 340 pages

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Contents

CHAPTER	1

Citizenship of the Northwest Territory	13

Qualified Citizenship in Territorial and Acquired Possessions	34

Guam	42

CHAPTER II	51

CHAPTER III	68

Of Patriotism	73

Of Dual Treason	80

Of the Immunity of the Citizen Against State Laws Impairing	165

Of the Federal Guarantee of Extradition of Fugitives from	174

The Immunity of the Citizen Against any Law of Congress	185

Of the Freedom of the Press	189

Of the Regulation of Ordinary Business Pursuits by	211

Reduction of the Representation of the States in Congress	223

The Right of States to Regulate State Procedure Especially	235

Of the Power of the State to Control and Regulate the Business	241

CHAPTER IV	92

Rights of Citizens of the States	98

National Declaration of Independence	104

Rights Privileges and Immunities Granted or Guaranteed	111

Taxation of the Citizen	152

Right of the Citizen to the Writ of Habeas Corpus	159

Of the Right of the State to Control State Elections	249

The Fifteenth Amendment	257

CHAPTER VII	263

Immigration of Chinese	275

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Title	A Treatise on American Citizenship Studies in constitutional law
Author	John Sergeant Wise
Contributor	United States. Supreme Court
Publisher	Edward Thompson Company, 1906
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	19 Jul 2006
Length	340 pages

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