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Page 12
... referred the question of the justice or injustice of a war , on their voice hung the question of peace or war , and it was their peculiar office to settle by arbitration if possible differ- ences that otherwise would end in hostilities ...
... referred the question of the justice or injustice of a war , on their voice hung the question of peace or war , and it was their peculiar office to settle by arbitration if possible differ- ences that otherwise would end in hostilities ...
Page 17
... referred to , they were supposed to possess . Two examples will suffice . During the second Punic War ( which was waged about 200 or 220 years before 1 Maine , ch . iii . pp . 48–53 . Roman practice of war . the birth of our Saviour A ...
... referred to , they were supposed to possess . Two examples will suffice . During the second Punic War ( which was waged about 200 or 220 years before 1 Maine , ch . iii . pp . 48–53 . Roman practice of war . the birth of our Saviour A ...
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... referred to the first volume of Duer , On Insurance , Lecture 11. p . 28 , for informa- tion on the same subject . In the second and third volumes of Meyer's treatise , Sur l'esprit , origine , et progrès des Institutions Judiciaires ...
... referred to the first volume of Duer , On Insurance , Lecture 11. p . 28 , for informa- tion on the same subject . In the second and third volumes of Meyer's treatise , Sur l'esprit , origine , et progrès des Institutions Judiciaires ...
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... referred to their arbitration they applied the legal rules with which they were familiarized , and thus it came to pass that one portion of International Law in its infancy , and for many a long year to come , was dependent on , and ...
... referred to their arbitration they applied the legal rules with which they were familiarized , and thus it came to pass that one portion of International Law in its infancy , and for many a long year to come , was dependent on , and ...
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... referred to a decision of Lord Talbot , who had declared that the law of nations was to be col- lected from the practice of different nations and the 1 Triquet v . Bath , 3 Burr . 1478 . Modern Interna . tional Law . Import- ance of ...
... referred to a decision of Lord Talbot , who had declared that the law of nations was to be col- lected from the practice of different nations and the 1 Triquet v . Bath , 3 Burr . 1478 . Modern Interna . tional Law . Import- ance of ...
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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 |