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... examination of the European and American code of International Law , and endeavour to collect , with ac- curacy , its leading principles , and to discuss their prac- tical details . This law , as understood by the European world , and ...
... examination of the European and American code of International Law , and endeavour to collect , with ac- curacy , its leading principles , and to discuss their prac- tical details . This law , as understood by the European world , and ...
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... examination of the claims of Grotius to his high fame and reputation , in an excellent article on the Law of Nations , by Nassau William Senior ; and in the 4th and 9th chapters of Ancient Law Sir Henry Maine has well discussed the ...
... examination of the claims of Grotius to his high fame and reputation , in an excellent article on the Law of Nations , by Nassau William Senior ; and in the 4th and 9th chapters of Ancient Law Sir Henry Maine has well discussed the ...
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... examination than can here be afforded , viz . the relation between inter- national law and international morality , in its bearing upon intervention ; but in order to cite from a most ad- mirable treatise on this topic a summarized view ...
... examination than can here be afforded , viz . the relation between inter- national law and international morality , in its bearing upon intervention ; but in order to cite from a most ad- mirable treatise on this topic a summarized view ...
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... examination of the principles on which it appears to rest . According to Sir James Mackintosh ' , than whom no one has a better claim to speak with authority on this as on many other branches of International Law , there are two kinds ...
... examination of the principles on which it appears to rest . According to Sir James Mackintosh ' , than whom no one has a better claim to speak with authority on this as on many other branches of International Law , there are two kinds ...
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... examination . Indeed , so far back as the time of James I. ( according to Sir Leoline Jenkins ) it was found necessary to make provision for the protection of Eng- lish merchant - vessels against the danger of foreign ships of war ...
... examination . Indeed , so far back as the time of James I. ( according to Sir Leoline Jenkins ) it was found necessary to make provision for the protection of Eng- lish merchant - vessels against the danger of foreign ships of war ...
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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 |