Cornelius van Bynkershoek
Questions of Public Law (1737)
Table of Contents

• Title Page, Dedication, Preface and Privilege
• Chap.   1:  The Definition of War and an Explanation of the Definition
• Chap.   2:  Wars May Be Lawful Without a Formal Declaration
• Chap.   3:  On the Status of War as Applying to the Belligerents
• Chap.   4:  How and When Ownership Is Established in Captured Property
• Chap.   5:  On the Recapture of Movable Property and Especially of Ships
• Chap.   6:  On the Limits of Possession of Immovables Taken in War
• Chap.   7:  Whether the Enemy's Credits May Properly Be Confiscated
• Chap.   8:  Whether it Is Lawful to Attack an Enemy in a Neutral Port
• Chap.   9:  How War Affects Neutrals
• Chap. 10:  About Contraband
• Chap. 11:  Whether it Is Lawful to Convey Goods to Besieged Cities
• Chap. 12:  Shall Non-contraband Be Condemned Because of Contraband?
• Chap. 13:  On Goods of Neutrals Found in Enemies' Vessels
• Chap. 14:  Concerning Enemy Goods Found in Neutral Ships
• Chap. 15:  Whether Captured Goods Revert by the Right of Postliminy
• Chap. 16:  Miscellaneous Questions Regarding the Right of Postliminy
• Chap. 17:  Regarding Pirates, and the Barbary Peoples of Africa
• Chap. 18:  Regarding Privateers
• Chap. 19:  On the Responsibility of Owners of Privateers
• Chap. 20:  To Whom Does a Prize Belong That Has Been Taken
• Chap. 21:  Whether it Is Lawful to Insure Enemy's Property
• Chap. 22:  Whether it Is Lawful to Enlist Soldiers in a Neutral Country
• Chap. 23:  Whether the United Netherlands Have the Power to Make War
• Chap. 24:  On Letters of Reprisal
• Chap. 25:  Miscellaneous Questions

BOOK II: On Miscellaneous Subjects

• Chap.   1:  The Government of the Counts in the United Provinces
• Chap.   2:  No One Is Responsible to the State for Counsel Given in Good Faith
• Chap.   3:  On the Right of Legation
• Chap.   4:  Whether Individual States Can Send or Receive Ambassadors
• Chap.   5:  Who May Be Sent as Ambassadors
• Chap.   6:  The Business and Procedure of Ambassadors at Public Audiences
• Chap.   7:  Whether an Ambassador's Act Is Valid When Contrary to His Instructions
• Chap.   8:  Whether Ambassadors May Receive Gifts; and Related Subjects
• Chap.   9:  Precedence among Ambassadors, and Between an Inferior Prince
• Chap. 10:  On the Observance of Public Agreements, and Exceptions
• Chap. 11:  Whether Foreigners Should Be Kept from Offices of State
• Chap. 12:  Whether Magisterial and Judicial Power Can Be Delegated
• Chap. 13:  Whether Individuals Can Be Sued For the Debt of a Corporation
• Chap. 14:  Whether Cities May Build, Repair, Extend and Fortify Their Walls
• Chap. 15:  On Eminent Domain and the Payment for Property Appropriated
• Chap. 16:  Immunity from Prosecution for Criminal Offences
• Chap. 17:  Judges Cannot Designate a Place of Exile Beyond Their Jurisdiction
• Chap. 18:  Whether the Provinces Possess Sovereign Rights in Religious Affairs
• Chap. 19:  The Estates of Holland on March 13,1663
• Chap. 20:  The Meaning of §4 of the Peace of Munster, January 30, 1648
• Chap. 21:  To Whose Ships Respect must Be Shown, and on What Occasion
• Chap. 22:  Miscellaneous Questions about Taxes, Revenues, and Tax Collectors
• Chap. 23:  Whether States-general Have the Right to Interfere in the Provinces
• Chap. 24:  Regarding Methods of Reconciling Provinces When They Disagree
• Chap. 25:  Miscellaneous Questions of Minor Importance