. An enquiry into the foundation and history of the law of nations in Europe, from the time of the Greeks and Romans, to the age of Grotius. By Robert Ward, ... In two volumes. ... V . - Hill? S9h fc?M«. ?. w -/ PREFACE. X HE following work was originallyintended to be nothing more than thepreliminary difcourfe to one muchlefs fpeculative, and of a more con-fined range.—I had, as well fromtafte, as from views of a private nature,which it is immaterial to mention,been led much to the ftudy of theLaw of Nations. I had thrown to-gether a body of notes upon the par-ticular parts of it, which were
. An enquiry into the foundation and history of the law of nations in Europe, from the time of the Greeks and Romans, to the age of Grotius. By Robert Ward, ... In two volumes. ... V . - Hill? S9h fc?M«. ?. w -/ PREFACE. X HE following work was originallyintended to be nothing more than thepreliminary difcourfe to one muchlefs fpeculative, and of a more con-fined range.—I had, as well fromtafte, as from views of a private nature,which it is immaterial to mention,been led much to the ftudy of theLaw of Nations. I had thrown to-gether a body of notes upon the par-ticular parts of it, which were moreimmediately the object of my en-quiries, and I conceived the defign ofcolleding them into a work, whicha 2 would U PREFACE. Would have been called A Treatii^of Diplomatic Law. The nature of Sovereignty, and therights of independent States y themanner in which they were created>and the mode of their communicationby Ambaffadors ; the different forts ofEmbaffies, and the confequent di-vision of the Reprefentative Cha-racter into Minifters of the firft andfecond order j their rights and pri-vileges, particularly their inviolabilityjthe rank and pretentions of the na-tions of Europe ; the natureenquiryintofound12ward
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