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A treatise on the law of war

Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, Farrand & Nicholas (Publisher, Book producer), Farrand, Mallory and Co (Publisher, Book producer), Philip H. Nicklin & Co (Publisher, Book producer), D.W. Farrand & Green (Firm) (Publisher, Book producer), Lyman, Mallory, and Co (Publisher, Book producer), Swift & Chipman (Publisher, Book producer), Fry and Kammerer (Printer, Book producer)
"A brief alphabetical notice of several writers and works on the civil law and the law of nations: not generally known, and which are quoted or referred to in this book": pages [xxiii]-xxx
Print Book, English, 1810
Published by Farrand & Nicholas ; Farrand, Mallory & Co. ; P.H. Nicklin & Co. ; D. Farrand & Green ; Lyman, Mallory & Co. ; Swift & Chipman, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Albany, Portland, Middlebury, (Vt.), 1810
[2], xxxiv, 218, [2] p. ; 23 cm (8vo)
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Of war in general
Of a declaration of war
Of war, considered as between enemies
Of the capture of movable property, and particularly of ships
Of the recapture of movable property
Of the possession of immovables taken in war
Of the confiscation of the enemy's actions and credits
Of hostilities in a neutral port or territory
Of neutrality
Of contraband
Of trade with blockaded and besieged places
Of the mixture of lawful with contraband goods
Of neutral goods found on board of the ships of enemies
Of enemy's goods found on board of neutral ships
Of the right of Postliminy on neutral territory
Of the right of Postliminy, as applied to cities and states
Of pirates
Of privateers
Of the responsibility of owners of privateers
Of captures made by vessels not commissioned
Of insuring enemy's property
Of enlisting men in foreign countries, and incidentally, of expatriation
Of the right of the several provinces of the United Netherlands, to declare and make war
Of reprisals
Miscellaneous maxims and observations
Signatures: pi² a-d⁴ A-2D⁴ 2E² (last leaf blank)
Signatures preceded by a dagger, e.g. [dagger]a, [dagger]A, [dagger]2E
Errata: p. [199]
Issued also as The American law journal, v. 3, no. 11-12, Oct. 1810
"An account of the life and writings of the author": pages [xiii]-xxi
Half title: Treatise on the law of war