Excerpt from War Rights on Land These questions, which cover no more than a fraction of the ground, are taken almost at random from this book, where they will be found most fully and practically treated. It is, in fact, Mr. Speight's treatment of his subject which peculiarly distinguishes his work. He is not only a student of war law but of war. He not only examines the writings of jurists, the conferences and conventions, but he reviews all the wars which have taken place between civilised peoples in the last sixty years for precedents and examples bearing on each question. This treatment makes every point peculiarly living and vivid. 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.