A Manual of Mercantile Law

Abstract

Excerpt from Manual of the Mercantile Law of Great Britain and Ireland

I have deemed it essential to illustrate the subject by allusions to the laws of foreign countries; inasmuch as the commercial relations of this great empire extend over every portion of the globe, and thus British capital is embarked in undertakings of a most varied character in all countries. In truth, we appear to be daily approaching that state of community amongst nations, by which God has designed to unite all the families of the earth.British and American jurisprudence still stand in want of Codification. The great principles of our law are yet buried in thousands of volumes, and much dross must be removed in order to extract the smallest particle of ore. This is to be lamented. It may be admitted that the Codification of the law can never limit the multifarious exigencies which constantly give rise to new principles, or to modifications and expansions of those already settled. But there are certain principles which, proceeding from natural law and being founded on pure ethics, are fixed and immutable.

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.