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Van Bijnkershoek

My next target of interest: I will post up some photos from a new acquisition later this fall.  Cornelius Van Bijnkershoek (or Bynkershoek) is interestingly relevant for both of my current projects.  Early American courts cited him fairly frequently alongside Pufendorf and Vattel. Addendum Sep. 15 :  Early American lawyers apparently didn't think very highly of him.   From the brief filed by Madison's Attorney General, William Pinkney:  Addendum Secundum Hodie :  The 'slovenly treatise' arrives today:  

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