Questions of Public Law (1737)
Cornelius van Bynkershoek
Book I: On War
- Chap. 1: The Definition of War and an Explanation of the Definition
- Chap. 2: Wars May Be Lawful Without a Formal Declaration
- Chap. 3: On the Status of War as Applying to the Belligerents
- Chap. 4: How and When Ownership Is Established in Captured Property
- Chap. 5: On the Recapture of Movable Property and Especially of Ships
- Chap. 6: On the Limits of Possession of Immovables Taken in War
- Chap. 7: Whether the Enemy’s Credits May Properly Be Confiscated
- Chap. 8: Whether it Is Lawful to Attack an Enemy in a Neutral Port
- Chap. 9: How War Affects Neutrals
- Chap. 10: About Contraband
- Chap. 11: Whether it Is Lawful to Convey Goods to Besieged Cities
- Chap. 12: Shall Non-contraband Be Condemned Because of Contraband?
- Chap. 13: On Goods of Neutrals Found in Enemies’ Vessels
- Chap. 14: Concerning Enemy Goods Found in Neutral Ships
- Chap. 15: Whether Captured Goods Revert by the Right of Postliminy
- Chap. 16: Miscellaneous Questions Regarding the Right of Postliminy
- Chap. 17: Regarding Pirates, and the Barbary Peoples of Africa
- Chap. 18: Regarding Privateers
- Chap. 19: On the Responsibility of Owners of Privateers
- Chap. 20: To Whom Does a Prize Belong That Has Been Taken
- Chap. 21: Whether it Is Lawful to Insure Enemy’s Property
- Chap. 22: Whether it Is Lawful to Enlist Soldiers in a Neutral Country
- Chap. 23: Whether the United Netherlands Have the Power to Make War
- Chap. 24: On Letters of Reprisal
- Chap. 25: Miscellaneous Questions
Book II: On Miscellaneous Subjects
- Chap. 1: The Government of the Counts in the United Provinces
- Chap. 2: No One Is Responsible to the State for Counsel Given in Good Faith
- Chap. 3: On the Right of Legation
- Chap. 4: Whether Individual States Can Send or Receive Ambassadors
- Chap. 5: Who May Be Sent as Ambassadors
- Chap. 6: The Business and Procedure of Ambassadors at Public Audiences
- Chap. 7: Whether an Ambassador’s Act Is Valid When Contrary to His Instructions
- Chap. 8: Whether Ambassadors May Receive Gifts; and Related Subjects
- Chap. 9: Precedence among Ambassadors, and Between an Inferior Prince
- Chap. 10: On the Observance of Public Agreements, and Exceptions
- Chap. 11: Whether Foreigners Should Be Kept from Offices of State
- Chap. 12: Whether Magisterial and Judicial Power Can Be Delegated
- Chap. 13: Whether Individuals Can Be Sued For the Debt of a Corporation
- Chap. 14: Whether Cities May Build, Repair, Extend and Fortify Their Walls
- Chap. 15: On Eminent Domain and the Payment for Property Appropriated
- Chap. 16: Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Offences
- Chap. 17: Judges Cannot Designate a Place of Exile Beyond Their Jurisdiction
- Chap. 18: Whether the Provinces Possess Sovereign Rights in Religious Affairs
- Chap. 19: The Estates of Holland on March 13,1663
- Chap. 20: The Meaning of §4 of the Peace of Munster, January 30, 1648
- Chap. 21: To Whose Ships Respect must Be Shown, and on What Occasion
- Chap. 22: Miscellaneous Questions about Taxes, Revenues, and Tax Collectors
- Chap. 23: Whether States-general Have the Right to Interfere in the Provinces
- Chap. 24: Regarding Methods of Reconciling Provinces When They Disagree
- Chap. 25: Miscellaneous Questions of Minor Importance
On Questions of Public Law in Two Books (1737) [Quaestionum Juris Publici, Libri Duo], of which the First is on War, the Second on Miscellaneous Subjects, by Cornelius van Bynkershoek.
Based on a translation of the 1737 edition printed at the House of Johannes van Kerckhem (Leyden). Translated into English by Tenney Frank (1929)
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