A sophisticated defense of state supremacy. Hardcover, 151 pp. Originally published: Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1842. Published simultaneously in the United States and Great Britain, Enquiry criticizes Britain's seizure of American vessels engaged in the Atlantic slave trade. Although the importation of slaves was prohibited by law at this time, Wheaton rejected the right of other nations to enforce this American law. Instead of serving the United States, he reasons, such actions are a violation of its sovereignty. Reprint of the first edition.
Henry Wheaton 1785-1848] was a...

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"[A]N EXCELLENT WORK...INDISPUTABLY THE BEST OF ITS KIND IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE." --James Reddie, Inquiries into International Law (1842) 106

Written when the author was a diplomat posted in Berlin, this distinguished treatise went through several American and English editions, and several more in French, Italian, Spanish and Chinese. A standard work during the nineteenth century, an edition was published in England as late as 1936.

"Mr. Wheatons early familiarity with the jurisprudence and foreign relations of the United States, his long experience in diplomacy, his intimate acquaintance...