THE LAW

OF

NATURE AND NATIONS

AS AFFECTED BY

DIVINE LAW.

BY

LEONE LEVI,

LECTURER ON COMMERCIAL LAW AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON;
FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES AND OF THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY;
HON. MEMBER OF THE LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE ;
AUTHOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW OF THE WORLD,"

&c. &c. &c.

London:

W. AND F. G. CASH, 5, BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT.

DUBLIN: JAMES M'GLASHAN.

EDINDURGH: JOHN MENZIES AND T. & T. CLARK.

MDCCCLV.

[THE AUTHOR RESERVES THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATING THIS WORK.]

TO THE

REV. WILLIAM WHEWELL, D.D., F.R.S.,

Master of Trinity College,

AND

PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

ETC., ETC., ETC.,

AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS PROFOUND LEARNING,

THIS VOLUME

IS, BY PERMISSION, DEDICATED.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.

CHAPTER I.-INTERNATIONAL LAW

CHAPTER II. THE LAW OF NATURE APPLIED TO INDIVIDUALS

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14.-CUSTOMS OF ANCIENT NATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE