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... protection and cultivation of a common worship , a religious rather than a political assembly . In so far as it was a place of union for many of the scattered and otherwise unsympa- thizing states of Greece , where Dorians and Ionians ...
... protection and cultivation of a common worship , a religious rather than a political assembly . In so far as it was a place of union for many of the scattered and otherwise unsympa- thizing states of Greece , where Dorians and Ionians ...
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... protecting the sanctity of ambassadors , and of seeing that such persons themselves did nothing contrary to law2 . From the Fecial Law , and its absence of resemblance to anything like a system of International Law , we pro- ceed to ...
... protecting the sanctity of ambassadors , and of seeing that such persons themselves did nothing contrary to law2 . From the Fecial Law , and its absence of resemblance to anything like a system of International Law , we pro- ceed to ...
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... protected . Wars took place , kingdoms were established , nations grew up into life , property was held by various ... protection the strangers and their interests , viz . the Prætors . These officials , untrammelled by the harsh rules ...
... protected . Wars took place , kingdoms were established , nations grew up into life , property was held by various ... protection the strangers and their interests , viz . the Prætors . These officials , untrammelled by the harsh rules ...
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... protecting the persons and property of mer- chants in cases of shipwreck , and against piracy , and against seizure and ... protection of the law of nations , and Queen Elizabeth complained of the Spaniards , that they had prohibited ...
... protecting the persons and property of mer- chants in cases of shipwreck , and against piracy , and against seizure and ... protection of the law of nations , and Queen Elizabeth complained of the Spaniards , that they had prohibited ...
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... protected , owes a debt of gratitude , ) shews that the cruel custom of plundering the shipwrecked stranger , the douλntov yévos of the more polished Greeks , is not attributable to any particular nation , nor to any special cause ...
... protected , owes a debt of gratitude , ) shews that the cruel custom of plundering the shipwrecked stranger , the douλntov yévos of the more polished Greeks , is not attributable to any particular nation , nor to any special cause ...
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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 |