[LAW] Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, by James Kent-mas

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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1, by James Kent (1763 - 1847)
The author's aim was to instruct students of American jurisprudence in the fundamentals of that system. Admirably adapted to the needs of such, his treatise addressed itself to those most ardent of students, practitioners themselves. Hence it soon attained, and since has held, the distinction of the best general treatise on American law. Herein are presented, as parts of an organic whole, the international relations of our government, its constitutional organization, and the legal results flowing from the exercise of its executive, legislative, and judicial functions. Without deviation from its systematic course, the disicussion passes from the Union to the States united, and finally dwells upon the myriad relations of private life, personal and proprietary. To this source, consequently, students resort for the beginnings, and lawyers and judges for the application, and, in some measure, for the consummation, of professional knowledge. As a text book, it is simple and instructive; as an authority, it is distinguished among the highest. (Summary by Editor's Preface)
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I am looking for a DPL.
Projected total recording length: 13 hours

For the MC: I forgot to add the wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commentaries_on_American_Law
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ITD,
I'd be happy to MC this for you . I'll get your MW set up.
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Appreciated. We are ready to go.
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I can DPL for you
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Excellent!
Elsie has access to the MW and we are off to readers wanted!
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Thanks all!
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Hi,

I was looking at this project and the section links in the list in the first comment below the MW all seem to go to the same place in the text? Is it supposed to be like that?

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ColleenMc wrote: May 2nd, 2024, 2:16 pm Hi,

I was looking at this project and the section links in the list in the first comment below the MW all seem to go to the same place in the text? Is it supposed to be like that?

Thanks,
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Apologies! The MW links are correct. The second post had an extra backslash which broke things so I have removed them.
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As a recovering (retired) lawyer, I feel a pathological urge to volunteer to read this, so can I have Section 1?
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tshoes76 wrote: May 2nd, 2024, 7:16 pm As a recovering (retired) lawyer, I feel a pathological urge to volunteer to read this, so can I have Section 1?
Great, thankyou!
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tshoes76 wrote: May 2nd, 2024, 7:16 pm As a recovering (retired) lawyer, I feel a pathological urge to volunteer to read this, so can I have Section 1?
:lol: :lol: :lol: I felt the same - that's why I volunteered to be the dedicated proof listener (I am student in paralegal studies).
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Here is Section 1 of Commentaries on American Law.

I would like to continue with Section 2, if that’s OK.

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/americanlaw1_01_kent_128kb.mp3

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I went ahead and recorded Section 2 (which is the second half of Lecture 1). Sorry for not waiting for a reply. If you don’t need this, you can delete … otherwise:

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/americanlaw1_02_kent_128kb.mp3

Duration 19:48

I would like to proceed with Section 3, if that’s OK.
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I jumped the gun - again - and recorded Section 3. If you assigned it to someone else in the meantime, no worries, just delete this - I enjoyed reading it. If you do need/want it, here is the upload:

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/americanlaw1_03_kent_128kb.mp3

Duration: 28:21
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