ON THE

NATURE AND EXTENT

OF

THE JURISDICTION

OF THE

COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES,

BEING A VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

DELIVERED TO THE STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA, AT THE

CLOSE OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR, ON THE SUR PRIL, 1824,

Stshower ARV

BY PETER SIDU

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE NATIONAL JUDICIARY POWERS EXER-

CISED IN THE UNITED STATES PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF

THE PRESENT FEDERAL CONSTITUTION,

BY THOMAS SERGEANT, ESQ. VICE PROVOST.

AND THE AUTHOR'S

DISCOURSE ON LEGAL EDUCATION,

DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE LAW ACADEMY, IN FEBRUARY, 1821.

WITH AN APPENDIX AND NOTES.

The great system of jurisprudence, like that of the universe, consists of many

subordinate systems, all of which are connected by nice links and beautiful de-

pendencies, and each of them, as I have fully persuaded myself, is reducible to

a few plain elements.-Jones. Law of Bailments.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY ABRAHAM SMALL.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of June, in the fortyeighth year of the independence of the United States of Ame[SEAL.] rica, A. D. 1824, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the Title of a book, the right

whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit:

"A Dissertation on the nature and extent of the Jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States, being a Valedictory Address delivered to the students of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, at the close of the academical year, on the 22d April, 1824, by Peter S. Du Ponceau, LL.D. Provost of the Academy. To which are added, A brief sketch of the National Judiciary Powers exercised in the United States prior to the adoption of the present Federal Constitution, by Thomas Sergeant, Esq. Vice Provost. And the author's Discourse on Legal Education, delivered at the opening of the Law Academy in February, 1821. With an Appendix and Notes. The great system of jurisprudence, like that of the universe, consists of many subordinate systems, all of which are connected by nice links ard beautiful dependencies, and each of them, as I have fully persuaded myself, is reducible to a few plain elements. Jones, Law of BailInents."

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AND PATRON OF THE

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