Commentaries Upon International Law, 1. köideButterworth, 1871 |
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... Colonies in America which had revolted from European kingdoms , and of sending diplomatic re- presentatives to them . President Grant , in his mes- ( e ) More especially as the greatest conflict of opinion prevailed amongst the highest ...
... Colonies in America which had revolted from European kingdoms , and of sending diplomatic re- presentatives to them . President Grant , in his mes- ( e ) More especially as the greatest conflict of opinion prevailed amongst the highest ...
Page xx
... colonies in behalf of the " latter . But the contest has at no time assumed " the conditions which amount to a war in the sense " of International Law , or which would show the " existence of a de facto political organization of " the ...
... colonies in behalf of the " latter . But the contest has at no time assumed " the conditions which amount to a war in the sense " of International Law , or which would show the " existence of a de facto political organization of " the ...
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... colonies ( la licence effrénée d'un commerce illegitime ) was alleged as one justifying cause of the war which England had then declared against France . France and some other States have provided ( j ) , by their municipal or ...
... colonies ( la licence effrénée d'un commerce illegitime ) was alleged as one justifying cause of the war which England had then declared against France . France and some other States have provided ( j ) , by their municipal or ...
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... colonies . Puffendorf , in 1672 , published his once admired , and still celebrated work , De Jure Natur¿ et Gentium : it had the merit of stating boldly that Natural Law was binding upon nations as well as upon individuals . It would ...
... colonies . Puffendorf , in 1672 , published his once admired , and still celebrated work , De Jure Natur¿ et Gentium : it had the merit of stating boldly that Natural Law was binding upon nations as well as upon individuals . It would ...
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... Colonies , and to the independent States which have sprung from those Colonies , and which cover the globe . And so we find that the Roman law was more than once referred to as an authority , upon the international question of the Free ...
... Colonies , and to the independent States which have sprung from those Colonies , and which cover the globe . And so we find that the Roman law was more than once referred to as an authority , upon the international question of the Free ...
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Page 349 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 230 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 242 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean ; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 17 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 201 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 582 - 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 230 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
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Page 164 - Such Persons shall be first summoned to the Senate as the Queen by Warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual thinks fit to approve, and their Names shall be inserted in the Queen's Proclamation of Union.
Page 243 - 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 jiart of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...