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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION
- ADVERTISEMENT TO EDITION OF A.D. 1797
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PRELIMINARIES
- BOOK I OF NATIONS CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES
- CHAP. I Of Nations or Sovereign States
- CHAP. II General Principles of the Duties of a Nation towards herself
- CHAP. III Of the Constitution of a State, and the Duties and Rights of a Nation in that respect
- CHAP. IV Of the Sovereign, his Obligations, and his Rights
- CHAP. V Of States Elective, Successive, or Hereditary, and of those called Patrimonial
- CHAP. VI Principal Objects of a good Government; and first, to provide for the Necessities of the Nation
- CHAP. VII Of the Cultivation of the Soil
- CHAP. VIII Of Commerce
- CHAP. IX Of the Care of the public Ways; and of Tolls
- CHAP. X Of Money and Exchang
- CHAP. XI Second Object of a good Government,—to procure the true Happiness of a Nation
- CHAP. XII Of Piety and Religion
- CHAP. XIII Of Justice and Polity
- CHAP. XIV Third Object of a good Government,—to fortify itself against external Attacks
- CHAP. XV Of the Glory of a Nation
- CHAP. XVI Protection sought by a Nation, and her voluntary submission to a Foreign Power
- CHAP. XVII How a Nation may separate herself from the State of which she is a Member, and renounce her Allegiance to her Sovereign when she is not protected
- CHAP. XVIII Establishment of a Nation in a Country
- CHAP. XIX Of our Native Country, and various Matters relating to it
- CHAP. XX Public, Common, and Private Property
- CHAP. XXI Of the Alienation of the Public Property, or the Domain, and that of a Part of the State
- CHAP. XXII Of Rivers, Streams, and Lakes
- CHAP. XXIII Of the Sea
- BOOK II OF A NATION CONSIDERED IN HER RELATION TO OTHER STATES
- BOOK III OF WAR
- BOOK IV OF THE RESTORATION OF PEACE; AND OF EMBASSIES
CHAP. I - Of Nations or Sovereign States
from BOOK I - OF NATIONS CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION
- ADVERTISEMENT TO EDITION OF A.D. 1797
- PREFACE
- Contents
- PRELIMINARIES
- BOOK I OF NATIONS CONSIDERED IN THEMSELVES
- CHAP. I Of Nations or Sovereign States
- CHAP. II General Principles of the Duties of a Nation towards herself
- CHAP. III Of the Constitution of a State, and the Duties and Rights of a Nation in that respect
- CHAP. IV Of the Sovereign, his Obligations, and his Rights
- CHAP. V Of States Elective, Successive, or Hereditary, and of those called Patrimonial
- CHAP. VI Principal Objects of a good Government; and first, to provide for the Necessities of the Nation
- CHAP. VII Of the Cultivation of the Soil
- CHAP. VIII Of Commerce
- CHAP. IX Of the Care of the public Ways; and of Tolls
- CHAP. X Of Money and Exchang
- CHAP. XI Second Object of a good Government,—to procure the true Happiness of a Nation
- CHAP. XII Of Piety and Religion
- CHAP. XIII Of Justice and Polity
- CHAP. XIV Third Object of a good Government,—to fortify itself against external Attacks
- CHAP. XV Of the Glory of a Nation
- CHAP. XVI Protection sought by a Nation, and her voluntary submission to a Foreign Power
- CHAP. XVII How a Nation may separate herself from the State of which she is a Member, and renounce her Allegiance to her Sovereign when she is not protected
- CHAP. XVIII Establishment of a Nation in a Country
- CHAP. XIX Of our Native Country, and various Matters relating to it
- CHAP. XX Public, Common, and Private Property
- CHAP. XXI Of the Alienation of the Public Property, or the Domain, and that of a Part of the State
- CHAP. XXII Of Rivers, Streams, and Lakes
- CHAP. XXIII Of the Sea
- BOOK II OF A NATION CONSIDERED IN HER RELATION TO OTHER STATES
- BOOK III OF WAR
- BOOK IV OF THE RESTORATION OF PEACE; AND OF EMBASSIES
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- The Law of NationsOr, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns, pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1834