Charles Martin Scanlan's *Clergyman's Hand-book of Law* (1909) was written as a practical guide for working Protestant ministers to the points of American civil law most likely to affect their parish work — marriage and divorce, the legal status of churches and church property, libel and slander, the privilege of confession, the law of charitable bequests, and a number of related topics.

This edition reproduces the standard public-domain text in full.