A Selection of Cases on the Conflict of Laws, 1. köideHarvard Law review publishing association, 1900 |
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... evidence and see upon what foundation these statements are based . The question is not one of theoretical opinion , but of fact , and , fortunately , the writers upon whose statements we are called upon to act have afforded us the means ...
... evidence and see upon what foundation these statements are based . The question is not one of theoretical opinion , but of fact , and , fortunately , the writers upon whose statements we are called upon to act have afforded us the means ...
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... evidence . Treaties and acts of state are but evidence of the agreement of nations , and do not , in this country at least , per se bind the tribunals . Neither , certainly , does a consensus of jurists ; but it is evidence of the ...
... evidence . Treaties and acts of state are but evidence of the agreement of nations , and do not , in this country at least , per se bind the tribunals . Neither , certainly , does a consensus of jurists ; but it is evidence of the ...
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... evidence to show that , as far as it depends on the agreement of nations , the territory of maritime countries does so extend . For myself I must add that , besides their competency , I have the greatest respect and admiration for the ...
... evidence to show that , as far as it depends on the agreement of nations , the territory of maritime countries does so extend . For myself I must add that , besides their competency , I have the greatest respect and admiration for the ...
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... evidence introduced by the government tended to show that the defendant and others , who were citizens of Rhode Island , and were officers and crew of the fishing steamer " A. T. Serrell , " on the day alleged , were engaged in drawing ...
... evidence introduced by the government tended to show that the defendant and others , who were citizens of Rhode Island , and were officers and crew of the fishing steamer " A. T. Serrell , " on the day alleged , were engaged in drawing ...
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... evidence offered by the government , but introduced evidence tending to show that it was impossible to discern objects across from one headland to the other at the mouth of Buzzard's Bay ; that the steamer was of Newport , Rhode Island ...
... evidence offered by the government , but introduced evidence tending to show that it was impossible to discern objects across from one headland to the other at the mouth of Buzzard's Bay ; that the steamer was of Newport , Rhode Island ...
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Page 31 - Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 121 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Page 346 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 94 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 118 - 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 24 - When private individuals of one nation spread themselves through another as business or caprice may direct, mingling indiscriminately with the inhabitants of that other, or when merchant vessels enter for the purposes of trade, it would be obviously inconvenient and dangerous to society, and would subject the laws to continual infraction, and the government to degradation, if such individuals or merchants did not owe temporary and local allegiance, and were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the...
Page 185 - Scotland to confirmation, if the same be made according to the forms required either by the law of the place where the same was made or by the law of the place where such person was domiciled when the same was made, or by the laws then in force in that part of her majesty's dominions where he had his domicile of origin.
Page 72 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the Province, Colony, or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law...