STUDIES IN HISTORY AND JURISPRUDENCE

IHENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH

NEW YORK

STUDIES

IN HISTORY AND

JURISPRUDENCE

BY

JAMES BRYCE, D.C.L.

AUTHOR OF

‘THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,’ ‘THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH,’ ETC.

FORMERLY REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY

OF OXFORD; HONORARY FELLOW OF ORIEL AND TRINITY

COLLEGES, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE

INSTITUTE OF FRANCE

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME I

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1901

OXFORD

PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

BY HORACE HART, M.A.

PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

THESE VOLUMES WERE TO HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO HENRY SIDGWICK (LATE PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE) WITH WHOM I HAD OFTEN DISCUSSED THE TOPICS THEY DEAL WITH, AND IN WHOM I HAD ADMIRED, DURING AN INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP OF NEARLY FORTY YEARS, A SUBTLE AND FERTILE MIND, A CHARACTER OF SINGULAR PURITY AND BEAUTY, AND AN UNFAILING LOVE OF TRUTH.

THEY ARE NOW DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY.

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