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... considered briefly . The Grotian School . - Properly enough the conception of international law held by Grotius has been made the basis for the discussions of later writers and statesmen . This great Dutch jurist , who is well called ...
... considered briefly . The Grotian School . - Properly enough the conception of international law held by Grotius has been made the basis for the discussions of later writers and statesmen . This great Dutch jurist , who is well called ...
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... considered as related to each other , is termed law by its analogy to positive law , being imposed upon nations and sovereigns , not by the positive command of a superior authority , but by opinions generally current among nations . The ...
... considered as related to each other , is termed law by its analogy to positive law , being imposed upon nations and sovereigns , not by the positive command of a superior authority , but by opinions generally current among nations . The ...
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... Considered at first as gatherers and sifters of evidence these commissions tended to acquire more responsibility and to make their reports in the form of draft articles for the treaty . The historian of the future will be able to ...
... Considered at first as gatherers and sifters of evidence these commissions tended to acquire more responsibility and to make their reports in the form of draft articles for the treaty . The historian of the future will be able to ...
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... considered , a total of 1128 treaties would have to be made.2 The network of conciliation treaties concluded by Mr. Bryan in 1913 and 1914 while he was Secretary of State went far on the road toward universality , but only 1 Edward ...
... considered , a total of 1128 treaties would have to be made.2 The network of conciliation treaties concluded by Mr. Bryan in 1913 and 1914 while he was Secretary of State went far on the road toward universality , but only 1 Edward ...
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... considered non - contracting Powers in the meaning of the clause providing that the Declaration " shall cease to be binding from the time when , in a war between the contracting Powers , one of the belligerents is joined by a non ...
... considered non - contracting Powers in the meaning of the clause providing that the Declaration " shall cease to be binding from the time when , in a war between the contracting Powers , one of the belligerents is joined by a non ...
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Page 81 - Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the Members of the League or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the League shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations.
Page 91 - To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the performance of this trust should be embodied in this Covenant.
Page 84 - The Council shall formulate and submit to the Members of the League for adoption plans for the establishment of a Permanent Court of International Justice. The Court shall be competent to hear and determine any dispute of an international character which the parties thereto submit to it. The Court may also give an advisory opinion upon any dispute or question referred to it by the Council or by the Assembly.
Page 87 - The Members of the League agree, further, that they will mutually support one another in the financial and economic measures which are taken under this Article, in order to minimize the loss and inconvenience resulting from the above measures, and that they will mutually support one another in resisting any special measures aimed at one of their number by the Covenant-breaking State...
Page 85 - If the dispute is not thus settled, the Council either unanimously or by a majority vote shall make and publish a report containing a statement of the facts of the dispute and the recommendations which are deemed just and proper in regard thereto.
Page 88 - Any Member of the League which has violated any covenant of the League may be declared to be no longer a Member of the League by a vote of the Council concurred in by the Representatives of all the other Members of the League represented thereon.
Page 64 - State, and the prevention of all financial, commercial or personal intercourse between the nationals of the covenantbreaking State and the nationals of any other State, whether a Member of the League or not.
Page 93 - The degree of authority, control, or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.
Page 94 - League : (a) will endeavour to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labour for men, women, and children, both in their own countries and in all countries to which their commercial and industrial relations extend, and for that purpose will establish and maintain the necessary...
Page 86 - The Council may in any case under this Article refer the dispute to the Assembly. The dispute shall be so referred at the request of either party to the dispute, provided that such request be made within fourteen days after the submission of the dispute to the Council 10.