--1. What rights have nations on the seas? By what laws are persons at sea governed?
--2. Over what waters flowing through its territory has a nation jurisdiction? To what distance on the sea?
--3. What right have other nations to a pa.s.sage over its lands and waters? Why is this an imperfect right?
--4. What are the mutual rights and duties of a state and foreign immigrants?
--5. What is its duty in respect to foreign criminals?
--6. What is said of the responsibility of emba.s.sadors? For bad conduct, how are they punishable? Why are they not amenable to the laws of the foreign state?
--7. What rights have they in countries through which they pa.s.s? What is a pa.s.sport?
--8. How are emba.s.sadors dealt with for disrespectful conduct at a foreign court?
--9. What do ministers do when they are ill-treated?
--10. If a government, for good cause, refuses to receive a minister, what is its duty?
--11. What power has a minister in making treaties?
--12. To what laws are consuls subject? What is their business?
Chapter LXV.
--1. Define offensive and defensive war. What are the contending parties called? Who are neutrals?
--2. What are the proper characteristics of a war?
--3. What are objects of a lawful war?
--4. When is a personal injury to the citizens of one state by those of another deemed just cause of war?
--5. What ought a government to do before resorting to war to redress injuries?
--6. How is satisfaction sometimes sought without making war? How are reprisals made? Define confiscate.
--7. To justify reprisals, what is necessary?
--8. How far is a nation bound by a treaty of alliance to a.s.sist another in war?
--9. In what cases is it not bound to render the aid?
--10. What if the alliance is defensive? Is the government that first applies force always the aggressor?
Chapter LXVI.
--1. How is war usually announced? By what authority?
--2. Is a declaration communicated to the enemy? What is deemed sufficient?
--3. When war is declared, who are involved in it?
--4. How does war in a state affect the persons and property of the enemy"s subjects found within such state?
--5. How is trade between the two countries affected by the war?
--6. What is necessary to make offensive hostilities lawful? In what case would such permission be beneficial?
--7. How far does a just war give the right to take the life of the enemy?
--8. How are prisoners of war to be treated? What is said about the exchange and ransom of prisoners?
--9. What kinds of property may not, and what may, be destroyed?
--10. What is said of stratagems?
--11. Of spies?
--12. In what kind of war is the destruction of private property lawful?
On what ground?
--13. What are privateers? What are their owners authorized to do? How is privateering encouraged?
--14. How is the abuse of this right prevented?
--15. State the proceedings of the captors and the court, in cases of capture?
--16. Who has the primary right to all prizes? How do the citizens get any interest in them?
Chapter LXVII.
--1. To what is a neutral nation bound? What kind of aid to an enemy is unlawful?
--2. How is the trade of a neutral affected by war? With what may she still supply a belligerent?
--3. What is said of the right of a neutral to carry the goods in such cases?
--4. What are prohibited articles called? What goods are contraband?