The American Journal of International Law, Volume 18American Society of International Law, 1924 - Electronic journals The American Journal of International Law has been published quarterly since 1907 and is considered the premier English-language scholarly journal in its field. It features scholarly articles and editorials, notes and comment by preeminent scholars on developments in international law and international relations, and reviews of contemporary developments. The Journal contains summaries of decisions by national and international courts and arbitral and other tribunals, and of contemporary U.S. practice in international law. Each issue lists recent publications in English and other languages, many of which are reviewed in depth. Throughout its history, and particularly during first sixty years, the Journal has published full-text primary materials of particular importance in the field of international law. The contents of the current issue of the Journal are available on the ASIL web site. |
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... obligations of the kind contemplated by the treaty between the United States of America , the British Empire , France , Italy , Japan and Poland , signed at Versailles on June 28 , 1919 , and do these points come within the competence ...
... obligations of the kind contemplated by the treaty between the United States of America , the British Empire , France , Italy , Japan and Poland , signed at Versailles on June 28 , 1919 , and do these points come within the competence ...
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... obligations of the kind referred to in the minorities treaty and so came within the League's competence as there defined ; and ( 2 ) the position adopted by the Polish Government was " not in conformity with its international obligations ...
... obligations of the kind referred to in the minorities treaty and so came within the League's competence as there defined ; and ( 2 ) the position adopted by the Polish Government was " not in conformity with its international obligations ...
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... obligations which they consider only moral and which have their sources in agreements of very informal nature ... obligation as regards its quality as a legal obligation . What is a true test ? Sanction of legalized community force , we ...
... obligations which they consider only moral and which have their sources in agreements of very informal nature ... obligation as regards its quality as a legal obligation . What is a true test ? Sanction of legalized community force , we ...
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... obligation is distinct from the legal obligation . There will be a superadded moral obligation springing from the fact that the act is prescribed by law . Again , that two plus two make four is not inter- national law obviously , and ...
... obligation is distinct from the legal obligation . There will be a superadded moral obligation springing from the fact that the act is prescribed by law . Again , that two plus two make four is not inter- national law obviously , and ...
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... obligation , that its inclusion would seem to be superfluous . Obvious deductions from general rules ap- plied to ... obligations in contra- vention of international law are void . " The imperfections of language are manifest in this ...
... obligation , that its inclusion would seem to be superfluous . Obvious deductions from general rules ap- plied to ... obligations in contra- vention of international law are void . " The imperfections of language are manifest in this ...
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Page 565 - Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear and do take upon us in this voyage: they are of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people...
Page 261 - ... international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; b. international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations ; d.
Page 343 - The citizens or subjects of each of the high contracting parties shall have liberty to enter, travel, and reside in the territories of the other to carry on trade, wholesale and retail, to own or lease and occupy houses, manufactories, warehouses, and shops, to employ agents of their choice, to lease land for residential and commercial purposes, and generally to do anything incident to or necessary for trade upon the same terms as native citizens or subjects, submitting themselves to the laws and...
Page 679 - The measures which the Allied and Associated Powers shall have the right to take, in case of voluntary default by Germany, and which Germany agrees not to regard as acts of war, may include economic and financial prohibitions and reprisals and in general such other measures as the respective Governments may determine to be necessary in the circumstances.
Page 643 - China having expressed a strong desire to reform her judicial system and to bring it into accord with that of Western nations, Great Britain agrees to give every assistance to such reform, and she will also be prepared to relinquish her extra-territorial rights when she is satisfied that the state of the Chinese laws, the arrangement for their administration, and other considerations warrant her in so doing.
Page 103 - In any case under this Article the award of the arbitrators shall be made within a reasonable time, and the report of the Council shall be made within six months after the submission of the dispute.
Page 175 - The Allied and Associated Governments, however, require, and Germany undertakes, that she will make compensation for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allied and Associated Powers and to their property during the period of the belligerency of each as an Allied or Associated Power against Germany by such aggression by land, by sea and from the air, and in general all damage as defined in Annex I hereto.
Page 52 - The attack or bombardment, by whatever means, of towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which are undefended is prohibited.
Page 264 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination. For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations...
Page 103 - The Members of the League agree that, if there should arise between them any dispute likely to lead to a rupture they will submit the matter either to arbitration or judicial settlement or to inquiry by the Council and they agree in no case to resort to war until three months after the award by the arbitrators or the judicial decision or the report by the Council.