IN HISTORY AND

JURISPRUDENCE

BY

JAMES BRYCE, D.C.L.

AUTHOR OF

"

"THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE," "THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH,'
FORMERLY REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD; HONORARY FELLOW OF ORIEL AND TRINITY
COLLEGES, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE
INSTITUTE OF FRANCE

ETC.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

AMERICAN BRANCH

NEW YORK: 91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE
LONDON: HENRY FROWDE

CAMBRIDGE) WITH WHOM I HAD OFTEN DISCUSSED THE TOPICS IT DEALS WITH, AND IN WHOM I HAD ADMIRED, DURING AN INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP OF NEARLY FORTY YEARS, A SUBTLE AND FERTILE MIND, A CHARACTER OF SINGULAR PURITY AND BEAUTY, AND AN UNFAILING LOVE OF TRUTH.

IT IS NOW DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY.