Chapter II: On the Principal Injurious Action

Note. We do not so treat of injuries in this chapter that we pass over in silence connected licit acts. Thus, while we mention forbidden homicide, at the same time we explain the right of bloody defense; beside theft we place the right of necessity; no less than of the possessor in bad faith, we propose to treat of the possessor in good faith. Hence there will also be place in the Appendix for saying a few things on the action of public power and on the right of war.