The Influence Of Christianity Upon International Law PDF Download

Excerpt from The Influence of Christianity Upon International Law: The Hulsean Prize Essay in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1854 When states profess to be Christian they must neces sarily also profess to guide their actions by Christian principles in International questions as well as in those of a civil and domestic nature and though the influence of any particular religion is obviously more especially to be sought for amongst communities which profess that belief, yet under certain circumstances its influence may ex tend to those that do not. Consequently the great influence which Christian States exert on non-christian nations by means of their superior organisation of government, and by means of their extraordinary progress in all the higher stages of civilisation, has caused the International Law of Christendom to be partially adopted by all the non Christian nations with whom they have, for any con tinuous period of time, come in contact. In treating therefore of the influence Of Christianity upon Inter national Law the subject will naturally divide itself into two parts, in the first Of which will be Shown the influence of Christianity upon the International Law of Christen dom; in the second, its influence upon that of non Christian nations. 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.