401. International law divided into domestic international law and for
eign international law,
402. Domestic international law subdivided, 403. Foreign international law subdivided,
404. Personal status to be considered as an effect of these divisions of
THE NATIONAL MUNICIPAL (INTERNAL) LAW OF THE UNITED STATES—ITS
EFFECT UPON CONDITIONS OF FREEDOM AND ITS OPPOSITES.
Of the Constitution as a legislative determination of the rights of
private persons.
405. National municipal law to be considered as affecting individual
rights and legal capacity,
458 406. Reference to the distinction between legal persons and legal things, 458 407. Power over personal liberty may have been disclaimed by the ultimate sovereign,
459 408. Effect of a universal attribution of any rights in the Constitution, 461 409. Of limitations on the powers of the Government as securing rights of private persons,
410. Enumeration of such limitations in the Constitution on the powers of the national Government,
411. Of limitations on the powers reserved to the States, 412. Of the character of the Constitution as a bill of rights,
Consequences from the recognition of the preexisting constituent people.
413. Rights which must be attributed to the individuals composing that people,
414. The individual members are known by the then existing laws of personal condition,
415. The private law of the colonies was not abrogated by the Revolu
416. The Declaration of Independence was not intended to operate as private law,
419. There is no national abnegation of power to limit personal liberty,
417. The Congress declaring it had no powers in respect to personal condition,
418. No such effect has been judicially ascribed to such national decla