NOTE A. The Law of Reprisals

NOTE B. War Bill Act

NOTE C. Rule of 1756

NOTE D. Articles that have been declared Contraband at various times

NOTE E. The Late Declarations





INTRODUCTION TO PART I.

It would be superfluous to trouble my readers, in a concise practical
treatise, with any theoretical discussion on the origin of the Law of
Nations, had not questions of late been often asked, respecting the
means of accommodating rules decided nearly half-a-century ago, to
those larger views of international duty and universal humanity, that
have been the natural result of a long Peace, and general progress.

To commence with the question, Who is the international legislator? it
must be observed, that there is no general body that can legislate on
this subject; no parliament of nations that can discuss and alter the
law already defined. The Maritime Tribunals of maritime states always
have been, and still are, almost the sole interpreters and mouthpieces
of the International Law. Attempts that have been made by our own