114 TRANSACTIONS OF TJIFC 



porations as distinct from municipal or government corporations. 

 The relations of individuals to one another, as members of a corpo- 

 ration, are controlled by i lie corporations themselves in their organ- 

 ized capacities, bul these regulations must conform to the law of 

 the state, and are ultimately relegated for their enforcement to the 

 government. But the control of corporations in their relations to 

 one another, in their relations lo the government, and in their rela- 

 tions to the individuals of the state, gives rise to a body of corpo- 

 ra/ion law. 



Again, sini e government is differentiated as the organ of regula- 

 tion, the organ itself must be controlled — the conduct of the 



government si be regulated. This gives rise to what I shall 



denominate government law. 



It has been seen that the conduct of a state, and of the indi- 

 viduals of a state, has relation lo other states. The rules for the 

 regulation of this conduct gives rise to international law. 



As no common government exists between states to enforce 

 international law, armies are organized, and for the regulation of 

 their conduct military law is developed. 



The condui i pertaining to the relation which exists between men 

 and deity gives rise to the organization of ecclesiastical bodies. 

 For the government of these bodies, and for the enforcement of 

 the rules of conduct which religion imposes, religious law appears. 



The law, then, the body of rules which the state endeavors 

 directly or indirectly to enforce, maybe properly classed as follows: 

 i. Personal law. 



2. Properly law. 



3. Corporation law. 



4. Government law. 



5. International law. 



6. Military law. 



7. Religious law. 



In addition to this classification of law on the basis of the 

 particulars of conduct to be controlled, another fundamental 



