HARPER'S CITIZENS SERIES Edited by WILLIAM F. WILLOUGHBY Professor of Government and Jurisprudence at Princeton University A new and most important series defining and applying the principles of such vital subjects as Labor Legislation, the Administration of Justice, Public Service Regulation, Statistics, American Diplomacy, and other themes of immediate concern to every intelligent student and citizen. These books, which are being written by leading authorities, are prepared to meet the increasing needs of colleges, and they will also meet requirements, not now supplied, of readers interested in the most immediate subjects of our times. PRINCIPLES OF LABOR LEGISLATION. BY JOHN R. COMMONS, Professor of Political Economy, University of Wisconsin, and JOHN B. ANDREWS, Secretary of the American Association for Labor Legislation. PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT. By FRANK J. GOODNOW, President of the Johns Hopkins University. (IN PREPARATION) PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. By JOHN BASSETT MOORE, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Columbia University. Formerly Counselor for the Department of State, Assistant Secretary of State, etc., member of the Permanent Court at the Hague. Enlarged and revised from Prof. Moore's "American Diplomacy." HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers XX. THE ENGLISH CONCEPTION OF PRIVATE RIGHTS XXI. THE AMERICAN CONCEPTION OF PRIVATE RIGHTS *These constitutions are reprinted from Modern Constitutions, by |