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... 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 ...
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... 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 г. 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 , a ...
... referred to the first volume of Duer , On Insurance , Lecture г. 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 , a ...
Page 28
... 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 460 - ... after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same ; each of the High Contracting Parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward.
Page 455 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII.
Page 456 - The commissioners so named shall meet at Washington 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 459 - ARTICLE XXXII. It is further agreed that the provisions and stipulations of Articles XVIII to XXV of this treaty, inclusive, shall extend to the colony of Newfoundland, so far as they are applicable. But if the Imperial Parliament, the Legislature of Newfoundland, or the Congress of the United States, shall not embrace the colony of Newfoundland in their laws enacted for carrying the foregoing articles into effect, then this article shall be of no effect...
Page 450 - The commissioners shall then forthwith proceed to the investigation of the claims which shall be presented to them. They shall investigate and decide such claims in such order and in such manner as they may think proper, but upon such evidence or information only as shall be furnished by or on behalf of the respective governments.
Page 488 - He shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour.
Page 486 - ... (3) Equips 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 453 - States fishermen by the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the British North American Colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII.
Page 324 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 477 - Any wounded man entertained and taken care of in a house shall be considered as a protection thereto. Any inhabitant who shall have entertained wounded men in his house shall be exempted from the quartering of troops, as well as from a part of the contributions of war which may be imposed.
References to this book
Cornelius Van Bynkershoek: His Role in the History of International Law Kinji Akashi Limited preview - 1998 |