PREFATORY NOTICE. THE substance of the following pages was originally published as part of a Treatise on Law contributed to the Encyclopædia Metropolitana by Mr. JEBB, of Lincoln's Inn, Mr. GRAVES, then Professor of Jurisprudence at the University College, London, and myself. It has been thoroughly recast and revised, and extensive additions have been made, so that in many respects it deserves to be considered a new work. Practical notes have been added, as well as two Supplementary Essays on the Law relating to Blockade and Contraband of War, which it is hoped will render it a useful manual for officers in Her Majesty's service, and for persons connected with, or interested in, commercial pursuits. But the original designthat of furnishing a succinct but complete view of the principles of international jurisprudence—has not been lost sight of, and references to works of higher pretension and more detailed information have been given, so that the reader, desirous of prosecuting his inquiries into a subject upon which recent events have conferred peculiar importance, has the means indicated him of satisfying his requirements. |