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THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES.

THE

SCIENCE OF LAW.

BY

SHELDON AMOS, M. A.,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW; PRofessor of JURISPRUDENCE IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON;
AND IN THE INNS OF COURTS; EXAMINER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

AUTHOR OF

"A SYSTEMATIC VIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE; 99 AN ENGLISH CODE,
ITS DIFFICULTIES, AND THE MODES OF OVERCOMING THEM," ETC.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

549 AND 551 BROADWAY.

1874.

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PREFACE.

As many of the topics treated in the present work are the same as those treated in my former work, "A Systematic View of the Science of Jurisprudence," it may be serviceable to point out distinctly the difference between the purposes I have had in view in preparing the two several works. This explanation will be the simplest mode of distinguishing their nature and scope.

The former work was written especially for Law students, including under this expression all who for the time are making Law the principal part of their studies, though by no means confining the expression to those studying with a strictly professional object in view.

The present work is designed for the instruction of all serious students, whether of the Physical or of the so-called Moral Sciences, whatever be, for the time, the prominent topic of their study, and whatever be the general or special object they have in view.