A Treatise on International Law and a Short Explanation of the Jurisdiction and Duty of the Government of the Republic of the United StatesGardner, Daniel. A Treatise on International Law, and a Short Explanation of the Jurisdiction and Duty of the Republic of the United States. Troy: From the Press of N. Tuttle, 1844. xii, [13]-315 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-455-X. Cloth. $95. * Gardner [1799-1863] was an attorney who practiced in Troy, New York, and a local politician who held several minor municipal offices in that city. The first part of this remarkable work argues that international law needs to return to its roots in natural law revealed in Scripture. Two major prejudices are embedded in this argument: the United States has done this, and Great Britain will not, choosing instead to dominate the oceans through force. The brief second part addresses the "internal jurisdiction of our national government over the states, the people of the United States and the Indian tribes possessing a portion of our territory" (269). It dispenses with the theological model of the first section to offer an outline of Federal powers as defined by constitutional law. His analysis of slavery is interesting. Though he clearly despises it, Gardner concludes that it cannot be abolished by Congress. He hopes, however, that the "chivalry of the south" will eventually imitate "Alexander of Russia and nobly set their vassals free" (286). |
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... Senators Bates and Choate of Massachusetts , Merrick of Maryland , Woodbridge of Michigan , Johnson of Louisiana ... Senator of New - York , and General Scott , have recorded similar pacific opinions . Senator Wright has well said that ...
... Senators Bates and Choate of Massachusetts , Merrick of Maryland , Woodbridge of Michigan , Johnson of Louisiana ... Senator of New - York , and General Scott , have recorded similar pacific opinions . Senator Wright has well said that ...
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... Senator , was taken on his way to join Cataline's army , and brought to Rome , where he was put to death by his father's order . This Roman law is supposed to have continued until the second century of the Christian era . Religion ...
... Senator , was taken on his way to join Cataline's army , and brought to Rome , where he was put to death by his father's order . This Roman law is supposed to have continued until the second century of the Christian era . Religion ...
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... Senate of 100 , chosen by the king . Afterwards 200 were added to the Senate , and thus a hereditary body of Pa- tricians were organized . From the 245th to the 727th year of Rome , the executive power was vested in two Consuls , and at ...
... Senate of 100 , chosen by the king . Afterwards 200 were added to the Senate , and thus a hereditary body of Pa- tricians were organized . From the 245th to the 727th year of Rome , the executive power was vested in two Consuls , and at ...
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... Senate by influ- ence , in fact , generally appointed them . The people had a power of legislation under certain circumstances , and by a forcible rising they secur- ed the appointment of Tribunes of the people , as guardians and ...
... Senate by influ- ence , in fact , generally appointed them . The people had a power of legislation under certain circumstances , and by a forcible rising they secur- ed the appointment of Tribunes of the people , as guardians and ...
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... Senate , and he confiscated the private property of his fellow citizens to a great extent . Servile wars , the inevitable result and just punish- ment of the Roman gigantic system of slavery , came also , to fill to the brim the cup of ...
... Senate , and he confiscated the private property of his fellow citizens to a great extent . Servile wars , the inevitable result and just punish- ment of the Roman gigantic system of slavery , came also , to fill to the brim the cup of ...
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