Elements of International LawStevens and sons, limited, 1889 - 846 pages |
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... applied to nature with respect to each other : and the obvious course of inference drawn by the disciples and successors of Grotius was , that the disputes arising among these independent communities must be determined by what they call ...
... applied to nature with respect to each other : and the obvious course of inference drawn by the disciples and successors of Grotius was , that the disputes arising among these independent communities must be determined by what they call ...
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... applying to nations the rules which ought to govern the conduct of individuals , but by ascertaining what are the rules of international conduct which , on the whole , best promote the general happiness of mankind . The means of this ...
... applying to nations the rules which ought to govern the conduct of individuals , but by ascertaining what are the rules of international conduct which , on the whole , best promote the general happiness of mankind . The means of this ...
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... applied to whole States , nations , or people " ( h ) . To this opinion Puffendorf implicitly sub- scribes , declaring that " there is no other voluntary or positive law of nations properly invested with a true and legal force , and ...
... applied to whole States , nations , or people " ( h ) . To this opinion Puffendorf implicitly sub- scribes , declaring that " there is no other voluntary or positive law of nations properly invested with a true and legal force , and ...
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... applied to regulate the conduct of independent societies of men , called States . To Wolf belongs , according to Vattel , the credit of separating the law of nations from that part of natural jurisprudence which treats of the duties of ...
... applied to regulate the conduct of independent societies of men , called States . To Wolf belongs , according to Vattel , the credit of separating the law of nations from that part of natural jurisprudence which treats of the duties of ...
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... applied to nations . Having laid down this axiom , he qualifies it in the same manner , and almost in the identical terms of Wolf , by stating that the nature of the subject to which it is applied , being different , the law which ...
... applied to nations . Having laid down this axiom , he qualifies it in the same manner , and almost in the identical terms of Wolf , by stating that the nature of the subject to which it is applied , being different , the law which ...
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Page 94 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 782 - First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 547 - A neutral government is bound— First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace...
Page 755 - Privateering is, and remains, abolished; 2. The Neutral Flag covers Enemy's Goods, with the exception of Contraband of War; 3. Neutral Goods, with the exception of Contraband of War, are not liable to capture under Enemy's Flag; 4.
Page 785 - The commissioners, so named, shall meet at London 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, without fear, favor, or affection to their own country, upon all such claims as shall be laid before them on the part of the governments of the United States...
Page 751 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. 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 329 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 729 - If in the case submitted to the Commissioners 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 789 - The Government of her Britannic Majesty engages to urge upon the Government of the Dominion of Canada to secure to the citizens of the United States the use of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion on terms of equality with the- inhabitants of the Dominion ; and the Government of the United States engages that the subjects of her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy the use of the St.
Page 727 - Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with British fishermen, in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.