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Excerpt from Iuris Et Iudicii Fecialis, Sive, Iuris Inter Gentes, Et Quaestionum De Eodem Explicatio: Qua Quae Ad Pacem Et Bellum Inter Diversos Principes, Aut Populos Spectant, Ex Praecipuis Historico-Jure-Peritis, Exhibentur; Volume 1-2
The Carnegie Institution Of Washington has undertaken the republication Of the leading classics Of International Law and the present volume, edited by the distinguished publicist Professor Thomas Erskine Holland, is the first Of a comprehensive series.
One reason for the undertaking is the difficulty of procuring the texts in convenient form for scientific study; the libraries in the United States have been searched with the result that few Of the earlier works were to be found. Another reason is that some Of the works selected for republication have never been trans lated into English. The American publicist is therefore at a disadvantage in consulting works Of admitted authority, and when found they are, as it were, sealed books to all but trained Latinists. The specialist is thus forced to rely upon summary statements and references to them to be found in treatises on Inter national Law, or is driven to examine them in European Libra ries, Often a difficult task, while the general reader is practically barred from the stores Of knowledge locked up in the earlier works on the Law Of Nations. The same difficulty exists in Latin America, Japan, and in a lesser degree in many European countries.
Eminent publicists, European and American, who have been consulted as to the usefulness Of the plan to republish the Classics, have indorsed the project and have pledged their personal co operation. The works to be included in the series have not only been approved but suggested by them, so that the undertaking is international in scope, in selection, and in execution.
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