what the law of nations originally consists,
7. Definition of the necessary law of nations,
9. Nations can make no change in it, nor dispense with the obligations arising from it,
10. Society established by nature between all mankind,
12. The object of this society of nations,
13. General obligation imposed by it,
14. Explanation of this observation,
15. The second general law is the liberty and independence of nations,
17. Distinctions between internal and external, perfect and imperfect obligations and rights,
21. Foundation of the voluntary law of nations,
22. Right of nations against the infractors of the law of nations,
24. Conventional law of nations, or law of treaties,
26. General rule respecting that law,
28. General maxim respecting the use of the necessary and the voluntary law, <xxii>
BOOK I Of Nations considered in themselves.
CHAPTER I Of Nations or Sovereign States.
1. Of the state, and of sovereignty,
2. Authority of the body politic over the members,
3. Of the several kinds of government,
5. States bound by unequal alliance,
6. or by treaties of protection,
9. Two states subject to the same prince,
10. States forming a federal republic,
11. A state that has passed under the dominion of another,
CHAPTER II General Principles of the Duties of a Nation towards herself.>
13. A nation ought to act agreeably to her nature,
14. Preservation and perfection of a nation,
16. A nation is under an obligation to preserve herself,
17. and to preserve her members,
18. A nation has a right to every thing necessary for her preservation,
19. She ought to avoid every thing that might occasion her destruction,
20. Her right to every thing that may promote this end,
21. A nation ought to perfect herself and her condition,
