Commenentaries Upon International Law, Volume 3T. & J. W. Johnson, 1857 - International law |
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... reason . It is obvious that the food and the means which procure the food of your enemy are as valuable to him , to say the least , as his weapons or his ships . It is no less obvious that wars are always shortened , and frequently ...
... reason . It is obvious that the food and the means which procure the food of your enemy are as valuable to him , to say the least , as his weapons or his ships . It is no less obvious that wars are always shortened , and frequently ...
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... reason- ably hoped , firmly incorporated into the Code of International Law . XII . The writer of these pages is anxious to acknowledge * the service which he has derived from the works of his own [ * xiv ] countrymen and from those of ...
... reason- ably hoped , firmly incorporated into the Code of International Law . XII . The writer of these pages is anxious to acknowledge * the service which he has derived from the works of his own [ * xiv ] countrymen and from those of ...
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... reason of breach of contract . It was said in argument that by the law , either of Russia or Denmark , some lien ... reasons why Lord Stowell , in the case of the Tobago , to which we are about to allude more at length , refused to enter ...
... reason of breach of contract . It was said in argument that by the law , either of Russia or Denmark , some lien ... reasons why Lord Stowell , in the case of the Tobago , to which we are about to allude more at length , refused to enter ...
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... reason to consider the undersigned as being an impedi- ment to the delivery and sale of the cargo , he declares that he is not opposed to the appointment of the survey demanded , nor to the sale of the cargo ; but he does not take any ...
... reason to consider the undersigned as being an impedi- ment to the delivery and sale of the cargo , he declares that he is not opposed to the appointment of the survey demanded , nor to the sale of the cargo ; but he does not take any ...
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... Reason of the Thing , and the Jus commune of Nations , be conclusive . If one of the Arbitrators were maliciously to absent himself , it might be competent for the others to proceed ; but if one were dead , the Arbitration would be ...
... Reason of the Thing , and the Jus commune of Nations , be conclusive . If one of the Arbitrators were maliciously to absent himself , it might be competent for the others to proceed ; but if one were dead , the Arbitration would be ...
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Page 560 - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 599 - That the uncertainty of the law, and of the duties in such a matter, gives rise to differences of opinion between neutrals and belligerents, which may occasion serious difficulties, and even conflicts...
Page 255 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Page 562 - 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 that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide the matters referred to them to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity ; and such declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings.
Page 599 - 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 384 - The seat of judicial authority is, indeed, locally here, in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality. It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this question exactly as he would determine the same question if sitting at Stockholm...
Page 505 - ... it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign, and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated, that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance, their relation to their ancient sovereign is dissolved,...
Page 558 - It is agreed by the High Contracting Parties that British subjects shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII. of this Treaty, to take fish of every kind...
Page 562 - The High Contracting Parties hereby solemnly engage to consider the decision of the Commissioners conjointly, or of the Arbitrator or Umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely final and conclusive in each case decided upon by them or him, respectively.
Page iv - His imperial majesty the Sultan having, in his constant solicitude for the welfare of his subjects, issued a firman which, while ameliorating their condition without distinction of religion or of race, records his generous intentions towards the Christian population of his empire, and wishing to give a further proof of his sentiments in that respect, has resolved to communicate to the contracting parties the said firman, emanating spontaneously from his sovereign will.