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