International Law: War and neutrality

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Longmans, Green, 1906

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Contents

Pacific Blockade and Vessels of the Blockaded State
47
CHAPTER I
55
SECT
63
Guerilla
66
Origin of the Laws of
76
Asylum to Naval Forces in Contradistinction to Asylum
77
Region of War in contradistinction to Theatre of
82
The Armed Forces of the Belligerents
88
Three Modes of commencing
93
Cancellation of Treaties
99
CHAPTER III
113
Violence against Enemy Persons
115
Origin of Geneva Convention
118
Treatment of Dead Bodies
124
Relief Societies
131
Private War Material and Means of Transport
144
for the Enemy PAGE
151
Assault Siege and Bombardment
154
Espionage in contradistinction to Scouting and Despatch
160
Occupation as an Aim of Warfare
166
SECT
176
SECT
179
BLOCKADE
180
Attack how effected
182
Capture for carrying Persons and Despatches for the Enemy 453
188
Fate of Prize
204
SECT
207
Projectiles diffusing Asphyxiating or Deleterious Gases
208
Violence against Combatants
210
Espionage Treason Ruses
217
Contributions
220
Requisitions and Contributions upon Coast Towns
223
Character and Kinds of Armistices
231
Safeguards
235
Contents of Armistices
237
5
246
CHAPTER VI
254
Conception of War Crimes
263
Meaning of Flags of Truce
266
Marauding
270
SECT
274
Treaty of Peace the most frequent End of
280
Principle of Uti Possidetis
287
Postliminium according to International Law in contradis
293
ON NEUTRALITY IN GENERAL
301
Enemy Character
307
Progress of Neutrality during the Eighteenth Century
309
Conduct in General of Neutrals and Belligerents
313
Characteristics of Neutrality
316
Contents of Duty not to suppress Intercourse between Neu
319
Different Kinds of Neutrality
323
Passage of MenofWar
325
Neutrality commences with Knowledge of the
331
Treatment of Unadmitted Flagbearers
368
Conception of Right of Visitation
384
Violation of Neutrality in the narrower and in the wider
387
Neutral Territory and Fugitive Troops
390
Absolute and conditional Contraband
392
Conception of Blockade SECT PAGE 368 Definition of Blockade
398
Blockade strategic and commercial
399
Blockade to be Universal
400
Blockade Outwards and Inwards
401
Justification of Blockade
402
Establishment of Blockade 375 Competence to establish Blockade
403
Notification of Blockade
404
Space of Time for Egress of Neutral Vessels
405
Effectiveness of Blockade 379 Effective in Contradistinction to Fictitious Blockade
406
Condition of Effectiveness of Blockade
407
Amount of Danger which creates Effectiveness
409
Cessation of Effectiveness
410
Breach of Blockade 383 Definition of Breach of Blockade
411
What constitutes an Attempt to break Blockade
412
When Ingress is not considered Breach of Blockade
415
When Egress is not considered Breach of Blockade
416
Passage through Unblockaded Canal no Breach of Blockade
417
Penalty for Breach of Blockade
418
Stopping of Vessels for the Purpose of Visitation
419
Visit
420
391
421
Carriage of Contraband
422
What constitutes Resistance
423
Sailing under Enemy Convoy equivalent to Resistance
424
Resistance by Neutral Convoy
425
Deficiency of Papers
426
Spoliation Defacement and Concealment of Papers
427
Carriage of Contraband Penal by the Municipal Law
431
The Case of the Bundesrath
437
Mode of exacting Reparation from Belligerents for Violations
441
Penalty for Carriage of Contraband
443
Carriage of Despatches for the Enemy
452
461
461
Capture 429 Grounds and Mode of Capture 430 Effect of Capture of Neutral Vessels and their Conduct to Port
468
Destruction of Neutral Prizes
471
Trial of Captured Neutral Vessels
474
Trial of Captured Vessels a Municipal Matter 435 Result of Trial
475
Declaration of St Petersburg 1868
503
International Convention with respect to the Laws
519
International Convention 1899 for the Adaptation
530
Declaration concerning the Launching of Projectiles
536
The Prize Courts Act 1894
555
The Obsolete Right of Angary
558
Trial after Conclusion of Peace 437 Protests and Claims of Neutrals after Trial 438 Reform Projects
562
gerents
567
999
576
179
578
555
585

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Page 359 - 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 498 - Les blocus, pour être obligatoires, doivent être effectifs, c'est-à-dire maintenus par une force suffisante pour interdire réellement l'accès du littoral de l'ennemi.
Page 174 - The authority of the legitimate power having in fact passed into »nd safety, the hands of the occupant, the latter shall take all the measures in his power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety...
Page 533 - S'il arrivait qu'une des Hautes Parties Contractantes dénonçât la présente Convention, cette dénonciation ne produirait ses effets qu'un an après la notification faite par écrit au Gouvernement des Pays-Bas et communiquée immédiatement par celui-ci à toutes les autres Puissances Contractantes. Cette dénonciation ne produira ses effets qu'à l'égard de la Puissance qui l'aura notifiée.
Page 510 - Chaque partie nomme deux Arbitres, dont un seulement peut être son national ou choisi parmi ceux qui ont été désignés par elle comme membres de la Cour Permanente. Ces Arbitres choisissent ensemble un Surarbitre. En cas de partage des voix, le choix du Surarbitre est confié à une Puissance tierce, désignée de commun accord par les parties.
Page 517 - La présente Convention sera ratifiée dans le plus bref délai possible. Les ratifications seront déposées à La Haye. Il sera dressé du dépôt de chaque ratification un procès-verbal, dont une copie, certifiée conforme, sera remise par la voie diplomatique à toutes les Puissances contractantes.
Page 524 - Les belligérants n'ont pas un droit illimité quant au choix des moyens de nuire à l'ennemi. ART. 23. — Outre les prohibitions établies par des conventions spéciales, il est notamment interdit: a. d'employer du poison ou des armes empoisonées ; b.
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