Studies national and international; being occasional lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh, 1864-1889

Studies national and international; being occasional lectures delivered in the University of Edinburgh, 1864-1889

Author: Lorimer, James, 1818-1890

Year: 1890

Biographical notices.- Lectures: I. On the sphere and functions of an academical faculty of law. II. Professor Aytoun. III. The German war. IV. Reasons for the study of jurisprudence as a science. v. (1) The international significance of recent events. (2) The Franco-German war. VI. Monarchy, republicanism, and democracy. VII. The Institute of international law founded at Ghent. VIII. The "Three rules of Washington" viewed in their relation to international arbitration. IX. English and foreign jurists and international jurisprudence. X. On the denationalisation of Constantinople ... XI. Does the Corân supply an ethical basis on which a political superstructure can be raised? XII. Prolegomena to a reasoned system of international law. IXXX. The land question in its social and political aspects. XIV. Of the idea of the family in modern society. XV. Centralisation and decentralisation. XVI. Politics as a profession. XVII. The story of the chair of public law in the University of Edinburgh. XVIII. The Faculty of law. XIX. The church and the bar.- Appendix.- Index