Thus by an analogy of the Common Law in the case of a Public Nuisance, also by the strict rule of the Roman Law, which enters so largely into International Law, and even by the rule of the Common Law relating to Damages, all losses, whether individual or national, are the just subject of claim.
Sumner draws an analogy between Common Law and Roman Law to argue that all losses, whether individual or national, deserve legal claims.
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