CONTRACTUS IN ROMAN LAW. Pp. 488-495. Historical Origin of conventiones. Their division into: (1) Legitima; (2) Juris Gentium; (2) Unilateral, Bilateral; (4) According to the Object of the Contracting Parties; (5) As to the particular Form of Action. Meaning of reus, correus, conventio, pactum, causa. Sources of OBLIGATIONS-ENGLISH Law. Pp. 496-505. Obligations. English Law considers them under the Category of Contracts. Three Classes of Contracts: Contracts at Common Law; Contracts under the Statute of Frauds. Admiralty Jurisdiction. French Law. OBLIGATIONS-CONFLICT OF LAWS. Pp. 507-523. Question examined: (1) As to the Form, (2) As to the Substance, of Obligation. Form of, considered in this Chapter. Doctrine of Roman Law; of Foreign Codes. Maxim of locus regit actum; Error of sup- OBLIGATIONS SUBSTANCE-DIVISION OF SUBJECT. Pp. 537–563. Obligations. Conflict of Laws as to Substance of. Rules on the Subject CONTRACT-IMMEDIATE EFFECTS-MUTUAL ACCOUNTS-AGENCY- CORRESPONDENCE-INTEREST. Pp. 564-581. Obligations. Immediate Effects of Obligation or Contract. Question of THIRD DIVISION-MEDIATE EFFECTS OR ACCIDENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONTRACTS-DAMAGES-CURRENCY-STORY'S COLLATERAL IN- Discharge of: (1) How it becomes discharged; (2) By what Law the General Maritime Law, including Right of Stoppage in Transitu. Colli- sions at Sea; Agent of Shipowner; Roman Law; Bottomry Bond; Contract of Master; Lien on Freight; General Average; Stoppage in BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES. Pp. 683-697. Foreign Bills of Exchange; Promissory Notes; English, American, and CHAP. XLIII. RIGHTS RELATING TO SUCCESSION. Pp. 701-716. What Forum has Jurisdiction over the whole question of Succession. By what Law ought the Forum to decide-as to (1) the legal capacity of the Testator; (2) the form of the testament. Alteration of the English Law; 24 & 25 Vict. c. 114, and, 24 & 25 Vict. c. 121; (3) the disposi- tions contained in it; (4) the construction or interpretation of it. What Law ought to govern the rights of parties in a Succession ab LAW GOVERNING PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE-LEX FORI-Docu- MENTARY EVIDENCE-PROOF OF FOREIGN OFFICIAL ACTS—AND NOTE TO CHAPTER. Pp. 787, 788. Catalogue of the principal English decisions since 1830, upon the effect of LEX FORI-PROVISIONAL MEASURES INTERDICTA. Injunctions of English Courts of Equity in favour of Foreigners. PRIVATE INJURIES: WHERE TO BE REDRESSED. Pp. 794-805. Criminal International Law. Private Injuries, where to be redressed. Cri- minal prosecution of Subjects for Crimes committed abroad; of Foreigners for Crimes committed within the Territory. No State executes the Penal Laws of another State. Crimes committed on the High Seas; Practical impunity accorded to, by the present practice of LIST OF PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS VOLUME. A. Abbott, Treatise of the Law relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen. Addison's Law of Contracts. Ahrens, Philosophie du Droit. Argentine Republic, Civil Code of the. Argentræi Comment. ad patrias Britonum leges. Arnould, on Marine Insurance. Aubrey and Rau, MM., Cours du Droit Civil Français. Austrian Civil Code, B. Baden, Code of the Grand Duchy of. Bar, Das internationale Privat- und Strafrecht. Hannover, 1862. Barante, Ducs de Bourgogne. Barbosa, De Officio et Potestate Episcopi. Barbosæ et Taboris loci communes Jurisprudentiæ. Bartolus, in Codicem. Bassevi, Annotazioni al Codice Civile Austriaco. Bavarian Code. Belgian Civil Code. Bell's Commentaries on the Laws of Scotland, 7th Edit. 1870. Bishop on Marriage and Divorce. Blackstone's Commentaries. Blume, System des in Deutschland geltenden Privatrechts. Borchardt, Wechsel-Gesetze aller Länder. Berlin, 1871. Bouhier, Les Coutumes du Duché de Bourgogne, &c. Boulay Patey, Cours de Droit Commercial Maritime. Paris, 1854. Boullenois, Traité de la personalité et de la réalité des Loix, &c. Bright's Husband and Wife. Brightly's United States Digest. |