The government class book / Designed for the instruction of youth in the principles of constitutional government and the rights and duties of citizens.

by Andrew W. Young

[§1.] How are the municipal or civil laws distinguished from the fundamental or political law?

[§2.] What are statute laws?

[§3.] What is the common law? Is it law in this country?

[§4.] What are the rights of person? Personal security? Personal liberty? How are they guarantied?

[§5.] How may a man protect himself when in danger of personal injury? What remedy for violence committed?

[§6.] How far may a man go in defending himself or his property? What is such killing called?

[§7.] How are we protected in our good names? What is slander?

[§8.] What is libel? Which is considered the greater injury? For which is a person liable in both a civil and criminal suit?

[§9.] What is the rule of the common law in the case of a criminal action for libel? What is the reason for this principle?

[§10.] What distinction do some make between cases of public and private prosecution for libel?