Excerpt from A Treatise on Private International Law: With Principal Reference to Its Practice in England This work differs in many points from that published in 1858, to which it stands in lieu of a second edition. English authority has now touched almost every part of private international law, generally giving a clear deliverance, but sometimes varying, or noticing a point without deciding it. It is therefore possible to present the English view in a series of propositions or of topics which I have done, marking them off by the sign § from other exposition and discussion, and adding the authorities after each in smaller type. The other exposition and discussion here referred to is mainly intended for students, whose thoughts I have wished to direct, first, to the general connection of the subject with the history of law in Europe during the last two thousand years, and secondly, to the comparison of received English doctrines with those current at the present day in other countries. Thus, while often pointing out the cause which made received English doctrines what they are, I have not said much of the reasons why thy should be maintained or altered: the doctrines are mostly so well established in the courts that those reasons would be little use, except in quarters which it would be idle to address in a law-book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.