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POPULAR LAW-MAKING

A STUDY OF THE ORIGIN,

HISTORY, AND PRESENT TENDENCIES

OF LAW-MAKING BY STATUTE

BY

FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON

PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY


"NOW, MY LORD, I DO THINK, THAT PRACTICE AND USAGE IS A GREAT
EVIDENCE OF THE LAW."--CHIEF JUSTICE HOLT, IN "THE
GREAT CASE OF MONOPOLIES."--7 STATE TRIALS, 497


1911