STUDIES

IN

HISTORY AND JURISPRUDENCE

IN HISTORY AND

JURISPRUDENCE

BY

JAMES BRYCE, D.C.L.

AUTHOR OF

'THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,' "THE AMERICAN COMMONWealth," etc.

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

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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.