WHAT LAW IS TO GOVERN THE* DKCISION ? 9 



not as authority, but with respect. The decisions of the courts of 

 every country show how the law of nations, in the given case, is under- 

 stood in that country, and will be considered in adopting the rule 

 which is to prevail in this. 1 



James C. Carter. 



1 Sixty Hogsheads of Sugar r. Boyle, 9 Cranc'h, 191, 197. 



The views stated in the text concerning the foundation of the law of nations 

 and the sources from which it is to ho gathered, are, it is believed, supported by 

 the concurrent voices of writers of established authority. Differences will be found 

 in the modes of statement ; but there seems to be no substantial disagreement. A col- 

 lection of extracts from many writers of different nations will be found in the Appen- 

 dix immediately following. 



