INTRODUCTION

 CHAPTER I.

 COMMENCEMENT OF WAR.

 SECTION I. The Immediate Effects of War

 SECTION II. On Enemies and Hostile Property

 CHAPTER II.

 SECTION I. Actual War. Its Effects

 SECTION II. Prizes and Privateers

 SECTION III. Licences

 SECTION IV. Ransom, Recaptures, and Salvage

 CHAPTER III.

 SECTION I. Neutrality

 SECTION II. Contraband of War

 SECTION III. Blockades. Right of Search. Convoys

 SECTION IV. Armed Neutralities

 APPENDIX TO PART I.

            NOTE A. The Law of Reprisals

            NOTE B. War Bill Act

            NOTE C. Rule of 1756

            NOTE D. Articles that have been declared Contraband at various times

            NOTE E. The Late Declarations