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OF

THE LAW OF NATIONS

A TREATISE OF THE

JURAL RELATIONS OF SEPARATE
POLITICAL COMMUNITIES

BY

JAMES LORIMER, LL.D.

ADVOCATE, REGIUS PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC LAW AND OF THE LAW OF NATURE AND
NATIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE

OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE

ACADEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE OF MADRID, ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCLXXXIII

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то

HIS COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS,

THE MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE INSTITUTE

OF INTERNATIONAL LAW,

THIS ATTEMPT

TO DISCOVER THE JURAL RELATIONS OF

SEPARATE POLITICAL COMMUNITIES,

IS RESPECTFULLY AND

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.