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... decisions , and cases on the different topics comprised in it . Let me also add , what perhaps may seem superfluous , that should the book be successful , the praise belongs to him whose treatise I am now pre- senting to an English ...
... decisions , and cases on the different topics comprised in it . Let me also add , what perhaps may seem superfluous , that should the book be successful , the praise belongs to him whose treatise I am now pre- senting to an English ...
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... decisions of Law . judges , in the confidential opinions of jurists given to Custom- their governments , and in the marine ordinances of par- ticular states : whilst the evidence of the conventional Conven- tional branch is confined to ...
... decisions of Law . judges , in the confidential opinions of jurists given to Custom- their governments , and in the marine ordinances of par- ticular states : whilst the evidence of the conventional Conven- tional branch is confined to ...
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... deciding all disputed points that arose out of it , and explaining its forms and ceremonies " ; but the next and not the least remarkable part of the 1 Vattel , II . 14. 209. Ward , Law of Nations , Vol . 1. p . 184 . 2 Rein in the Real ...
... deciding all disputed points that arose out of it , and explaining its forms and ceremonies " ; but the next and not the least remarkable part of the 1 Vattel , II . 14. 209. Ward , Law of Nations , Vol . 1. p . 184 . 2 Rein in the Real ...
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... decisions upon the true foundations of equity and justice ' . La Grotius , therefore , went purposely into the details of Grotius , history and the usages of nations , resorting to the testi- mony of philosophers , historians , orators ...
... decisions upon the true foundations of equity and justice ' . La Grotius , therefore , went purposely into the details of Grotius , history and the usages of nations , resorting to the testi- mony of philosophers , historians , orators ...
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... decisions the Law of those tribunals to whom , in every country , the adminis- tious tration of that branch of ... decision of Lord Talbot , who had declared that the law of nations was to be col- lected from the practice of ...
... decisions the Law of those tribunals to whom , in every country , the adminis- tious tration of that branch of ... decision of Lord Talbot , who had declared that the law of nations was to be col- lected from the practice of ...
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Page 458 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 454 - 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 452 - States fishermen by the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 181 B, 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 X'XXIII.
Page 444 - Paris, and having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have, after discussion of the matters before them, agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I.
Page 454 - If, in the case submitted to the arbitrators, either party shall have specified or alluded to any report or document in its own exclusive possession, without annexing a copy, such party shall be bound, if the other party thinks proper to apply for it, to furnish that party with a copy thereof...
Page 446 - ... Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Page 482 - Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : Preliminary. 1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870." 2. This Act shall extend to all the dominions of Her Majesty, including the adjacent territorial waters.
Page 458 - Straits, and the Government of the United States claims that it should be run through the Canal de Haro, it is agreed that the respective claims of the Government of the United States...
Page 446 - 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 484 - ... (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...
References to this book
Cornelius Van Bynkershoek: His Role in the History of International Law Kinji Akashi Limited preview - 1998 |