The interference by courts and legislatures with the equality and
sanctity of contract, 327.-The constituent elements of contract,
327, 328.-Why corporate charters are not contracts, 330–336.—
The Dartmouth College case, 335.-Its responsibility for corporate
aggression and violation of industrial right, 332-336.—The Legal-
tender decision, 337.—The mistaken conception of sovereignty
upon which it is based, 339-341.-Its effect in impairing the obli-
gation of contract and its influence upon private morals, 341-344,
350-352.-Usury laws and their influence in restricting the free-
dom of contract, 344-347.-Mistaken policy upon which they pro-
ceed, 348, 349.-Lien laws and their tendency to
mar self-
dependence, 352.-Acts of government that are not paternal, 354-
357.-Entire absence of benevolence and generosity in a free
government, 358-362.-Police functions and what they include,
362-365.