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Among students of international law it is no secret that the concrete determination and formulation of the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations is a task hardly begun. This paper is intended to show that the task is important, perhaps more important than any other to which the collective wisdom and experience of scholars trained in comparative law can be devoted, and that the colossal magnitude of the task should not discourage us from making a beginning. It further aims to call attention to a specific project now under way which is designed to constitute a systematic beginning, or at least to determine the feasibility of the attempt.

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