Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, by DAVID HOFFMAN, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Maryland. JOHN D. ΤΟΥ, PRINTER. A COURSE OF LEGAL STUDY. PARTICULAR SYLLABUS. TITLE VIII. 'Equidem contra existimo, judices, cùm in omni genere ac varietate artium, etiam illarum, quæ sine summo otio non facile discuntur, Cn. Pompeius excellat, singularem quandem laudem ejus et præstabilem esse scientiam, in fæderibus, pactionibus, conditionibus, populorum, regum, exterarum nationum; in universo denique belli jure ac pacis.' Cic. Orat. Pro. L. Corn. Balbo. Cap. VI. THE LAW OF NATIONS. (Note 1.) 1. Mackintosh's Introductory Lecture on the Law of Nature and Nations. 2. Chitty's Law of Nations. (Note 2.) * 3. Marten's Compendium of the Law of Nations. (Note 3.) 4. Vattel on the Law of Nature and Nations. (Note 4.) * 5. Du Ponceau's translation of the first book of Bynkershoek's 'Questiones Juris Publici,' being a treatise on the Law of War. (Note 5.) e. 6. The following select chapters in Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace : Chap. 18. 'Of the Rights of Embassies.' BOOK II. Chap. 6. 'Of the Right to things taken Chap. 17. 'Of Neuters in War.' Chap. 20. 'Of the Public Faith,' &c. Redemption of Prisoners.'j BOOK III. * e. 7. Schlegel upon the Visitation of Neutral Vessels under convoy. Translated from the Danish. e. 8. War in Disguise, or the Frauds of Neutral Flags. Lon. 1805. Reprinted N. York. 1806. e. 9. An Answer to 'War in Disguise,' or Remarks upon the Doctrine of England, concerning Neutral Trade. * E. e. 10. An Examination of the British Doctrine, which subjects to capture a neutral trade, not open in time of peace, 1808. * E. e. 11. The Earl of Liverpool's Discourse on the Conduct of the Government of Great Britain in respect to Neutral * E. e. 12. Baring's Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council, and an examination of the conduct of Great Britain towards the neutral commerce of America. London, 1808. NOTES ON THE EIGHTH TITLE. (Note 1.) 'EQUIDEM CONTRA EXISTIMO,' &c.-Cicero, in common with the learned of the ancient world, who knew the difficulties and vast extent of the science of national law, readily accorded the most elevated station in the empire of knowledge to him, who had made himself familiar with the laws which regulate nations during a state of war or peace. Pompey was distinguished in every science and art; but his greatest merit, and the brilliancy of his fame, rested on his acquaintance with this august system: 'singularem quandem laudem ejus et præstabilem esse scientiam, in fœderibus, pactionibus, conditionibus, populorum, regum, exterarum nationum; in universo denique belli jure ac pacis.' A knowledge of this law is essential to legal pre-eminence. However learned in the doctrines of the common or municipal law an advocate may be, he can never maintain a lofty character, if when called on, he shrinks from the discussion of questions involving nice and difficult points of natural jurisprudence, or of conventional and diplomatic law. The liability to be thus called on is principally confined to lawyers resident in the commercial cities, or near the sea-board. Here the most important questions of national, maritime, admiralty, and Roman law, may arise, and they so are intimately blended, that no one can calculate on the efficiency of his knowledge of either of these branches of law, who has not made himself somewhat acquainted with the remaining three. The Law of Nations may be defined a system or body of rules, ordained by nature, and the consent, express or implied, |