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The Law of Nations


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       CHAPTER II Treaties of Peace.

       9. Definition of a treaty of peace,

       10. By whom it may be concluded,

       11. Alienations made by a treaty of peace,

       12. How the sovereign may, in a treaty, dispose of what concerns individuals,

       13. Whether a king who is a prisoner of war, can make a peace,

       14. Whether peace can be made with a usurper,

       15. Allies included in the treaty of peace,

       16. Associates to treat, each for himself,

       17. Mediation,

       18. On what footing peace may be concluded,

       19. General effect of the treaty of peace,

       20. Amnesty,

       21. Things not mentioned in the treaty,

       22. Things not included in the compromise or amnesty,

       23. Former treaties, mentioned or confirmed in the new, are a part of it,

       CHAPTER III Of the Execution of the Treaty of Peace.

       24. When the obligation of the treaty commences,

       25. Publication of the peace,

       26. Time of the execution,

       27. A lawful excuse to be admitted,

       28. The promise is void when the party to whom it was made has himself hindered the performance of it,

       29. Cessation of contributions,

       30. Products of the thing restored or ceded,

       31. In what condition things are to be restored, <lii>

       32. The interpretation of a treaty of peace is to be against the superior party,

       33. Names of ceded countries,

       34. Restoration not to be understood of those who have voluntarily given themselves up,

       CHAPTER IV Of the Observance and Breach of the Treaty of Peace.

       35. The treaty of peace binds the nation and successors,

       36. It is to be faithfully observed,

       37. The plea of fear or force does not dispense with the observance,

       38. How many ways a treaty of peace may be broken,

       39. by a conduct contrary to the nature of every treaty of peace,

       40. To take up arms for a fresh cause is no breach of the treaty of peace,

       41. A subsequent alliance with an enemy is likewise no breach of the treaty,

       42. Why a distinction is to be made between a new war and a breach of the treaty,

       43. Justifiable self-defence is no breach of the treaty,

       44. Causes of rupture on account of allies,

       45. The treaty is broken by what is contrary to its particular nature,

       46. by the violation of any article,

       47. The violation of a single article breaks the whole treaty,

       48. Whether a distinction may here be made between the more and the less important articles,

       49. Penalty annexed to the violation of an article,

       50. Studied delays,

       51. Unsurmountable impediments,

       52. Infractions of the treaty of peace by the subjects,

       53. or by allies,

       54. Right of the offended party against him who has violated the treaty,

       CHAPTER V Of the Right of Embassy, or the Right of sending and receiving public Ministers.

       55. It is necessary that nations be enabled to treat and communicate together,

       56. They do that by the agency of public ministers,

       57. Every sovereign state has a right to send and receive public ministers,

       58. An unequal alliance, or a treaty of protection, does not take away that right,

       59. Right of the princes and states of the empire in that respect,

       60. Cities that have the right of banner,