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Christopher G. Tiedeman

1857 - 1903

About the Author

Christopher Tiedeman (1857-1903) was a conservative American legal scholar who was part of the group known as the “laisser-faire constitutionalists” who defended a natural rights “hands off” approach to interpreting the American constitution. He was Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School 1902-03.

In The Library:

• author: A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, 2 vols. (1900)
• author: A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, vol. 1 (1900)
• author: A Treatise on State and Federal Control of Persons and Property in the United States considered from both a Civil and Criminal Standpoint, vol. 2 (1900)

Quotations:

• Tiedeman states that the police powers under the constitution are strictly limited to enforcing the maxim: “use your own property in such a manner as not to injure that of another” (1886) (11 April, 2012)