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CONTENTS.

Part L.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION. FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL Jurisprudence.

Pp. 1-9.

1. The Laws which govern International Relations.

2. The Subjects of these Laws.

3. The objects of these Laws.

4. Certain Subjects requiring a particular consideration,

5. Legal Means of enforcing International Public Rights.

6. Jus Privatum inter Gentes, or Comity.

CHAPTER II.

PLAN OF THE WORK. Pp. 10-13.

CHAPTER III.

SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. Pp. 14-28.

1. Natural Law.

2. Revealed Law.

3. Custom.

4. Treaty.

5. Divine and Natural Law. How applied to Christian and Heathen States. Effect of Christianity upon International Law.

CHAPTER IV.

REASON OF THE THING. Pp. 29–36.

Application of Natural and Revealed Law to States. Use of the Roman Law.

CHAPTER II.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF STATES. Pp. 93-132.

Principal Division.

1. One or more States under one Sovereign.

2. Several States under a Federal Union.

1. States under one Sovereign.

a. Single States.

B. States united reali unione.

7. Case of Poland.

8. States united personali unione.

€. Protected States retaining International Personality.
7. Protected States having lost International Personality.
Ionian Isles.

6. European Free Towns and Republics.

. The case of Belgium.

K. The case of Greece.

A. Feudal States. Turkish Provinces.

μ. The case of Egypt.

CHAPTER III.

STATES UNDER A FEDERAL UNION. Pp. 133-134.

1. Germanic Confederation.

2. Swiss Confederation.

3. North American United Republics.

4. South American United Republics.

CHAPTER IV.

GERMAN CONFEDERATION. Pp. 135–155,

1. The Original Institution of.

2. The Remodelling of in 1806.

3. The Change effected by the Treaties of Vienna, 1815, 1820.

4. Destruction of this Confederation by Prussia, 1866.

5. Swiss Confederation.

CHAPTER V.

UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Pp. 156-167.

VOL. I.

History and Character of.

CHAPTER VI.

EXTINCTION OF A STATE. P. 168.

A State may lose its International Personality. How.

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CHAPTER IV.

TERRITORIAL INVIOLABILITY.

NATIONAL POSSESSIONS. Pp. 187-188.

1. Rivers and Lakes. 2. Open Sea. 3. Narrow Seas. 4. British Seas. 5. Straits. 6. Portions of the Sea.

CHAPTER V.

PROPERTY OF A STATE. RIVERS. Pp. 189-217.

General Law respecting. Stipulations in the Treaty of Vienna as to free

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NARROW SEAS, AS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE OCEAN. Pp. 218-223. British Channel. Mare liberum of Grotius. Mare clausum of Selden. Holland. William III. Sir L. Jenkins. Bynkershoek. Lord Stowell.

CHAPTER VII.

NARROW SEAS. STRAITS. Pp. 224–234.

British Channel. Great and Little Belt. Straits of Messina. Dardanelles. Hellespont. Fisheries.

CHAPTER VIII.

PORTIONS OF THE SEA. Pp. 235–243.

Rule of Territory within Marine League or Cannon-shot. Hovering or Revenue Laws. Landlocked Seas.

CHAPTER IX.

PECULIAR CASE OF THE ISTHMUS OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
Pp. 244-251.

British Treaty with United States of North America. Question respecting
British Settlements in Honduras. Honduras Interoceanic Railway.

CHAPTER X.

SELF-PRESERVATION. Pp. 252–261.

Means of Security. National Safety. Lawful to prevent as well as repel Attack. Rules and Illustrations. When Conduct of individual Subjects implicates the State. Doctrine of patientia and receptus.

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