WITH

MATERIALS FOR

A CODE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

BY

LEONE LEVI, F.S.A., F.S.S.

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW

PROFESOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON
DOCTOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN, ETC.

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1887

(The rights of translation and of reproduction

are

reserved.)

THIS WORK IS, BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION,

DEDICATED TO

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN

AND IRELAND,

UNDER WHOSE ENLIGHTENED REIGN

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED,

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION HAS RECEIVED

A POWERFUL SANCTION,

AND THE AUTHORITY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW HAS BEEN

MORE FULLY RECOGNIZED.