A Treatise on International Public Law

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Callaghan, 1901 - International law - 912 pages
 

Contents

Extreme cruelty of laws of
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Status of aliensisopolity and international courts
11
THE MEDIEVAL EMPIRE AS AN INTERNATIONAL POWER
30
French publicistsValin Pothier Foelix Massé Ortolan and others
66
Futile efforts of the Greeks to establish political unity Primi tive conceptions of international law 12 Athenian Alliance or Empire 13 Achaian Leagu...
Limits of the actual authority of the Empire
North American publicists and their contributions to law of neutralityKent Wheaton Story Woolsey Halleck Field Wharton and others 46 South Ame...
Treaties aggrandizing France and Sweden at the expense of Spain and the Empire 72 Treaties of Breda 1667Triple Alliance 1668
MONROE DOCTRINE AND OTHER SOURCES 105 History of Holy Alliance reviewed 106 Jeffersons famous letter to Monroe Oct 24th 1823
134 Protected states not persons in international law 135 Republics of Andorra and San Marino 136 Migratory Indian nations 137 Native states of In...
171 Law of nations deals only with states as corporate persons and not with individuals composing them Rights and obligations incident to states as s...
204 Letters of denization in England 205 Extradition Nature and origin of existing system 206 Extradition treaties between Great Britain France and ...
242 Emancipation of high seas Early freedom theoretical 243 Doctrine of mare clausum Right to exact tolls and dues 244 Claims of Spain and Portu...
the representative character solemn entry 279 Envoys of the second and third classes 280 Chargés daffaires ad hoc and ad interim 281 How diplomat...
320 How an envoys mission may terminate with or without formal recall 321 Dismissal of envoy before recall Should not be capriciously sent away ...
358 Permanent Court of Arbitration provided by Hague Conference International Bureau and Permanent Administrative Coun cil how arbitral tribun...
398 When will a breach of conditions by one party render treaty voidable at instance of the other 399 Several other circumstances by which a treaty ...
FORCIBLE MEANS OF REDRESS SHORT OF ACTUAL
465 Effect of war on trade 466 Effect of war on allies
CHAPTER VII
562 Damages for wrongful capture 563 Prize courts 564 Prize jurisdiction its nature and extent 565 Where prize courts should be held 566 Procedur...
ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE LAW OF NEUTRALITY
621 Internment of belligerent soldiers in neutral territory
648 British theory and practice 649 Armed neutralities of 1780 and 1900
English and Amer ican rule case of the Circassian French rule 681 Right of ingress and egress to and from a blockaded port period usually allowed f...
127 Its effect on other systems
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128 Constitution of North German Confederation
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129 Responsibility of federal executivedefect in constitution
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of U
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130 No federal control over states in certain cases
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131 Case of McLeod
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132 Partsovereign states
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133 Neutralized states only partsovereign
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263 Fiction of exterritoriality scarcely exists as to merchant vessels
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264 How the nationality of a merchant vessel may be established
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265 When a merchant vessel must show her papers Case of
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and 1871
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238 Opening of South American rivers
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239 Opening of Alaskan and African rivers
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240 Incidental right to use river banksits limitations 241 Ownership of an entire river Burden of proof on claimant
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Virginius
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266 Right of visitation in time of peace 267 Certain exceptions in favor of the right
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268 Immunity of private vessels in territorial waters Views of Webster and Marshall
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269 Efforts to secure exemptions through treaties Cases of Sally and Newton
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270 Cases of Jally and Wildenhus
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271 No right of asylum in merchant vessels Case of Gomez 272 Goods owned by citizens of one state embarked in ships of another
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CHAPTER IV
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Bynkershoek and Vattel Views of Grotius 275 The several classes of diplomatic representatives
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276 Growth of diplomatic immunities Recent legislation
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277 Questions of precedence as settled at Vienna and AixlaChapelle
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317 Envoys contentious jurisdiction no longer exists 318 Extent of voluntary jurisdiction
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319 How accused servants should be dealt with
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431 Preliminary forms of redress classified
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432 When an injured foreigner should resort to local courts 433 Withdrawal of diplomatic agents 434 Embargo and nonintercourse
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retorsio juris retorsio facti 436 Reprisals classified
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437 Origin and growth of reprisals
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438 Privateering
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439 Privateering virtually abolished
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440 Survival of public reprisals
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441 Military and naval demonstrations
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442 The Armed Neutralities of 1780 and 1800
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444 Pacific blockade
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445 Satisfaction
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458 Belligerency of Southern Confederacy recognized
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459 Closing of ports of New Granada 460 A civil war a public war 461 Effect of war on private citizens
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462 Effect of war on treaties
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463 Effect of war on resident enemies
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464 Confiscation of private property
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467 Liability of domiciled aliens to military service
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468 When neutrals become de facto citizens of belligerent state
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CHAPTER III
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471 Combatants lawful and unlawful Theater of
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472 Regular forces
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employment of savage against savage
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474 Except as against their kind employment of savages now condemned
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475 Guerrillas and banditti 476 Levies en masse
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477 Weapons to disable an enemy without unnecessary suffering
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478 Unlawful weapons Efforts to prohibit their
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479 Recent conferences on the subject of weapons
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480 No exemption for crowned heads and officers in actual battle Pickets and sentinels 481 Devastation as a means of offence 482 Devastation as a ...
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483 Sieges and bombardments Starvation
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484 Storming and sacking of towns
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485 Unjustifiable resistance
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486 The giving of quarter
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487 Retaliation and reprisals
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488 How far deceit may be used against an enemy
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489 Assassination or injury by treachery never permissible
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490 Bribery 491 Guides 492 Spies Employment of balloons
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493 Deserters
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CHAPTER IV
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496 Ships with commissions of war Origin of permanent fleets
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Vessels without commissions 497 Rules governing privateers
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498 Neutral territorial waters not to be violated by naval combats
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499 Bombardments from the sea not limited to fortified places
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500 When artifice is permissible at sea Naval battles between 501 fleets or single vessels
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Surrender at
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502 Who are to be regarded as prisoners at sea Their treatment 503 Application of Red Cross conventions to wounded at
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504 Religious and medical staff 505 Hospital ships
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506 Effect of rescue by a neutral 507 Naval reprisals CHAPTER V
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510 Flags of truce Political conferences
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511 Safeconducts passports and safeguards
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512 Licences to trade defined by what authority granted how licences are to be construed course of voyage time limited in licence licences to trade b...
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Suspensions of arms armistices and truces Revictualling a besieged place 514 Capitulations Destruction of stores When surrender is com plete 515 Sp...
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Gen Joseph E Johnston in 1865
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516 Hague rules regulating capitulations and armistices
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CHAPTER VI
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518 How far private rights are to be respected by a conquering army 519 Killing and enslaving of prisoners
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520 Who are prisoners of war Can they ever be slain rightfully?
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wills burials employment pay escape neutral territory enlistment
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522 Bureau of information and relief societies
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523 Parole and its obligations
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524 Exchange of prisoners
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525 The giving of hostages
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526 Punishment of military offences by martial law 527 Care of the wounded Neutralization of certain persons and things
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528 Geneva Convention of 1864 supplemented in 1868 inadequate to new conditions
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587 Effects of conquest on laws municipal and political
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588 Private property unaffected by change of sovereignty
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589 Suppression of a rebellion 590 Treaty of peace
611
591 Interpretation 592 Indemnity and guarantees
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593 Cession perfected by delivery of possession
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594 Violation of treaty
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595 Postliminy as applied to states or provinces
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617 Declarations of neutrality
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619 No levying of soldiers in neutral territory
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646 French invention of hostile infection
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