A Digest of the International Law of the United States: Taken from Documents Issued by Presidents and Secretaries of State, and from Decisions of Federal Courts and Opinions of Attorneys-general, Volume 2Francis Wharton U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 - International law |
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... force of the treaty which followed the French German war which led to the dethronement of Napoleon III , though its terms were as- sented to under coercion . The same may be said of the consent of France to the settlement enforced by ...
... force of the treaty which followed the French German war which led to the dethronement of Napoleon III , though its terms were as- sented to under coercion . The same may be said of the consent of France to the settlement enforced by ...
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... force . The resort to force is justifiable only when justice cannot be obtained by negotiation - and the resort to force is limited to the attainment of justice . The wrong received marks the boundaries to the right to be obtained ...
... force . The resort to force is justifiable only when justice cannot be obtained by negotiation - and the resort to force is limited to the attainment of justice . The wrong received marks the boundaries to the right to be obtained ...
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... force till it is ratified , cannot be so proved ; it appears at first sight to be at variance with ordinary legal analogies , and with morality ; and jurists , trespassing beyond their proper province , have commonly laid down that ...
... force till it is ratified , cannot be so proved ; it appears at first sight to be at variance with ordinary legal analogies , and with morality ; and jurists , trespassing beyond their proper province , have commonly laid down that ...
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... force and effect , having taken into consideration the said treaty , and approving of the stipulations therein , to the end that the same may be carried into effect , therefore , " SEC . 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ...
... force and effect , having taken into consideration the said treaty , and approving of the stipulations therein , to the end that the same may be carried into effect , therefore , " SEC . 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ...
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... force and unrepealed . The House of Representatives are not above the law , and they have no dis- pensing power . They have a right to make and to repeal laws , provided the Senate and President concur , but without such concurrence a ...
... force and unrepealed . The House of Representatives are not above the law , and they have no dis- pensing power . They have a right to make and to repeal laws , provided the Senate and President concur , but without such concurrence a ...
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Page 413 - All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth, citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States ; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.
Page 67 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 90 - The limitation or suspension shall be reasonable and shall apply only to Chinese who may go to the United States as laborers, other classes not being included in the limitations.
Page 528 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States...
Page 186 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast,- or any part of Central America...
Page 187 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.
Page 401 - all naturalized citizens of the United States while in foreign countries are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to nativeborn citizens.
Page 188 - ... that of constructing and maintaining the said canal as a ship communication between the two oceans, for the benefit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Page 187 - America; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have, to or with any State or People for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 560 - They shall be bound to receive and consider all written documents or statements which may be presented to them by or on behalf of their respective Governments in support of, or in answer to, any claim; and to hear, if required, one person on each side, on behalf of each Government, as Counsel or Agent for such Government, on each and every separate claim.