TWISS, SIR TRAVERS

TWISS, SIR TRAVERS
   jurist and economist, born in Westminster; professor of Political Economy at Oxford, and subsequently of Civil Law; drew up in 1884 a constitution for the Congo Free State; his writings include "View of the Progress of Political Economy since the Sixteenth Century," "International Law," "The Law of Nations," all of which rank as standard and authoritative works (1809-1897).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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