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... bound up with the fate and fortunes of this law : " a law whose existence and application , " says Daniel Webster , " is as advantageous to states as the existence of private law to the citizens of a country . " The faithful observance ...
... bound up with the fate and fortunes of this law : " a law whose existence and application , " says Daniel Webster , " is as advantageous to states as the existence of private law to the citizens of a country . " The faithful observance ...
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... bound by the obligations of truth , justice , and humanity in relation to other powers , as they are in the management of their own local concerns . International Law , so far as it is in accordance with principles of justice , truth ...
... bound by the obligations of truth , justice , and humanity in relation to other powers , as they are in the management of their own local concerns . International Law , so far as it is in accordance with principles of justice , truth ...
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... bound by the sacramentum , or oath of obedience , ) whilst the law relating to truces , foreign treaties , public conventions and sponsions , formed no small or unimportant head of the Roman jus belli et pacis . Such then , as far as ...
... bound by the sacramentum , or oath of obedience , ) whilst the law relating to truces , foreign treaties , public conventions and sponsions , formed no small or unimportant head of the Roman jus belli et pacis . Such then , as far as ...
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... bound together by a sense of common duty and interest in respect to the rest of mankind . It became a general principle of belief and action , that it was not only a right , but a duty , to reduce to obedience , for the sake of ...
... bound together by a sense of common duty and interest in respect to the rest of mankind . It became a general principle of belief and action , that it was not only a right , but a duty , to reduce to obedience , for the sake of ...
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... bound to assist one another against their attacks ; Lord Bacon thought it a matter of so much doubt , as to propound it seriously as a question , whether a war with infidels was not first in order of dignity , and to be pre- ferred to ...
... bound to assist one another against their attacks ; Lord Bacon thought it a matter of so much doubt , as to propound it seriously as a question , whether a war with infidels was not first in order of dignity , and to be pre- ferred to ...
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Page 465 - Treaty ; and all claims, with the like exception, on the part of Corporations, Companies, or private individuals, subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, upon the Government of the United States, arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of subjects of Her Britannic Majesty during the same period, which may have been presented to either Government for its interposition with the other, and which yet remain unsettled, as well as any other such claims which may be presented within...
Page 470 - The Commissioners so named shall meet at London at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 476 - The present treaty shall be duly ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged either at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible.
Page 464 - The Commissioners so named shall meet in the city of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, at the earliest convenient period after they have been respectively named, and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration...
Page 494 - We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our royal proclamation : And we do hereby strictly charge and command all our loving subjects to observe a strict neutrality in and during the aforesaid hostilities...
Page 500 - Builds, or agrees to build or causes to be built, any ship with intent or knowledge, or having reasonable cause to believe that the same shall or will be employed in the military or naval service of any foreign State at war with any friendly State...
Page 460 - Alabama claims : and whereas Her Britannic Majesty has authorized her High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to express in a friendly spirit the regret felt by Her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Alabama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by those vessels...
Page 462 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators, they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Page 460 - Now, in order to remove and adjust all complaints and claims on the part of the United States, and to provide for the speedy settlement of such claims which are not admitted by Her Britannic Majesty's Government, the high contracting parties agree that all the said claims, growing out of acts committed by the aforesaid vessels, and generically known as the "Alabama Claims...
References to this book
Cornelius Van Bynkershoek: His Role in the History of International Law Kinji Akashi Limited preview - 1998 |