Excerpt from The Theory of State Succession: With Special Reference to English and Colonial Law This Essay on State Succession, with special Reference to English and Colonial Law, was for the most part written in December, 1905, and was presented in June, 1906, by permission of the Regius Professor of Civil Law, as a dissertation for the degree of D.C.L. At Oxford. It has received the approval of the Board of the Faculty of Law. The Essay is now printed practically in the form in which it was submitted to the Board, but advantage has been taken of some criticisms kindly made by Professor T. E. Holland, k.c., to alter the wording of several passages in order to present more clearly the theory maintained. 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.