Thomas M. Cooley

Member of University of Michigan Law School Faculty 1859-84

Books

• A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1883.
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• The General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1880.
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• A Treatise on the Law of Torts or the Wrongs Which Arise Independent of Contract. Chicago: Callaghan, 1879.
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• A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 4th ed. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1878.
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• A Treatise on the Law of Taxation, Including the Law of Local Assessments. Chicago: Callaghan, 1876.
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• A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 3rd ed. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1874.
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• Digest of the Michigan Reports (1836-1870). Chicago: Callaghan, 1872.
• Editor. Commentaries on the Laws of England. 2nd ed. Sir W. Blackstone, author. Chicago: Callaghan, 1872.
• A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 2nd ed. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1871.
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• A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1868.
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Book Chapters

• "The Territories of the United States." In Commentaries on the Laws of England. 3rd ed., edited by Sir W. Blackstone, vol. 2, 571–74. Chicago: Callaghan, 1884.
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• "Local Government in the United States." In Commentaries on the Laws of England. 3rd ed., edited by Sir W. Blackstone, vol. 2, 566–70. Chicago: Callaghan, 1884.
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• "Local Government in Great Britain." In Commentaries on the Laws of England. 3rd ed., edited by Sir W. Blackstone, vol. 2, 554–59. Chicago: Callaghan, 1884.
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• "The British Colonial System." In Commentaries on the Laws of England. 3rd ed., edited by Sir W. Blackstone, vol. 2, 560–65. Chicago: Callaghan, 1884.
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• "Anglo-Saxon Jurisprudence." In American Cyclopaedia. 2nd ed., edited by G. Ripley and C. A. Dana. New York: D. Appleton, 1873-1876.

Journal Articles

• "Popular and Legal Views of Traffic Pooling." Railway Rev. 24 (1884): 211–13.
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• "Labor and Capital before the Law." N. Am. Rev. 139, no. 337 (1884): 503–16.
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• "State Regulation of Corporate Profits." N. Am. Rev. 137, no. 322 (1883): 205–17.
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• "The Remedies for the Collection of Judgments Against Debtors who are Residents or Property Holders in Another State, or Within the British Cominions." Am. L. Register 31, no. 11 (1883): 697–711.
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• "Railroad Commissions: The Importance of an Umpire between Common Carriers and the Public; The View of Judge Cooley." Railway Rev. 23 (1883): 71–72.
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• "The Abnegation of Self-Government." Princeton Rev. 12 (1883): 209–26.
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• "David Darwin Hughes." Annual Rep. A.B.A. 6 (1883): 338–40.
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• "Title to Lands under Fresh Water Lakes and Ponds." Cent. L.J. 13 (1881): 1–5.
• "Title to Lands under Fresh Water Lakes and Ponds." Canadian L. Times 1 (1881): 476–84.
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• "Remedies of Illegal Taxation." Am. L. Register 29, no. 1 (1881): 1–16.
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• "The Recording Laws of the United States." Annual Rep. A.B.A. 4 (1881): 199–221.
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• "Presidential Inability." N. Am. Rev. 133, no. 300 (1881): 422–27.
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• "The Limits to Legislative Power in the Passage of Curative Laws." Cent. L.J. 12 (1881): 2–4.
• "Confinement of the Insane." Southern L. Rev. 6, no. 4 (1880): 568–85.
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• "The Surrender of Fugitives from Justice." Princeton Rev. 3 (1879): 156–77.
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• "The Surrender of Fugitives from Justice." Am. L. Rev. 7 (1879): 713–34.
• "Lake Superior Mining Co. v. Catharine Erickson." Am. L. Register 27, no. 1 (1879): 28.
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• "Ho Ah Kow v. Matthew Nuan." Am. L. Register 27, no. 11 (1879): 676–89.
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• "Principles That Should Govern in the Framing of Tax Laws." Southern L. Rev. 4, no. 2 (1878 ): 180–97.
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• "The Method of Electing the President." Int'l Rev. 5 (1878): 198–206.
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• "Limits to State Control of Private Business." Princeton Rev. 1 (1878): 233–71.
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• "Officer Whose Term Is Fixed by the Constitution Cannot Be Removed by the Legislature." Am. L. Register 16 (1877): 737–48.
• "The New Federal Administration." Int'l Rev. 4 (1877): 297–311.
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• "Liability of Public Officers to Private Actions for Neglect of Official Duty." Southern L. Rev. 3, no. 4 (1877): 531–52.
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• "Material Taken from Streets in Grading--Rights of Adjoining Lot Owners." Cent. L.J. 4 (1877): 200–202.
• "The Effect of a Change in the Law Upon Rights of Actions and Defences." Southern L. Rev. 3, no. 1 (1877): 33–49.
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• "Maynard et al. v. Fractional School District, etc." Am. L. Register 25, no. 6 (1877): 327.
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• "Some Checks and Balances in Government." Int'l Rev. 3 (1876): 317–34.
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• "Incidental Injuries from the Exercise of Lawful Rights." Southern L. Rev. 2, no. 2 (1876 ): 379–98.
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• "Incidental Injuries from Exercise of Lawful Rights." Alb. L.J. 14, no. 4 (1876): 57–63.
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• "Extradition." Int'l Rev. 3 (1876): 433–40.
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• "The Cases in Which the Master Is Liable for Injuries to Servants in His Employ." Southern L. Rev. 2, no. 1 (1876): 108–25.
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• "The Guarantee of Order and Republican Government in the States." Int'l Rev. 2 (1875 ): 57–87.
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• "Of the Right to Waive a Tort and Sue in Assumpsit." Bench & B. 2 (1871): 218-26.
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Other Publications

• Notes and Additions to Commentaries on the Laws of England, 3rd ed., by Sir W. Blackstone. Chicago: Callaghan, 1884.
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• Report of Messrs Thurman, Washburne and Cooley, Constituting an Advisory Commission on Differential Rates by Railroads between the West and the Seaboard. A. G. Thurman and E. B. Washburne, co-authors. New York: Russell Bros., 1882.
• Notes and Additions to Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 4th ed., by J. Storey. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1873.
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• Address by Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, and Poem by D. Bethune Duffield, Esq., on the Dedication of the Law Lecture Hall of the Michigan University. Thursday, October 1, 1863. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Published by the Law Class, 1863.
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Reprints (Articles and other publications reprinted in full and Law Quadrangle)

• "Of the Right to Waive a Tort and Sue in Assumpsit." Alb. L.J. 3 (1871): 141–43. (Originally published under the same title in Bench & B. 2 (1871): 218-26.)
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