Cases on International Law: Principally Selected from Decisions of English and American CourtsJames Brown Scott West Publishing Company, 1922 - 1196 pages |
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... STATUTE FOR THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE PRO- VIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 14 OF THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NA- TIONS ..1120 APPENDIX II Section Page DECLARATION OF PARIS ..... .1132 DECLARATION xxviii TABLE OF CONTENTS.
... STATUTE FOR THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE PRO- VIDED FOR BY ARTICLE 14 OF THE COVENANT OF THE LEAGUE OF NA- TIONS ..1120 APPENDIX II Section Page DECLARATION OF PARIS ..... .1132 DECLARATION xxviii TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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... statute ; and the obligation of the statute cannot transcend the legis- lative power of the state which may enact it . If it be neither repugnant to the law of nations , nor piracy , it is almost superfluous to say , in this court ...
... statute ; and the obligation of the statute cannot transcend the legis- lative power of the state which may enact it . If it be neither repugnant to the law of nations , nor piracy , it is almost superfluous to say , in this court ...
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... statute of one or two nations can create obligations for the world . Like all the laws of nations , it rests . upon the common consent of civilized communities . It is of force , not because it was prescribed by any superior power , but ...
... statute of one or two nations can create obligations for the world . Like all the laws of nations , it rests . upon the common consent of civilized communities . It is of force , not because it was prescribed by any superior power , but ...
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... statute , and it cannot , we think , have been intended thereby to take away the right which resident defendants had to require security for costs . No reason is seen for such a change , and we do not think any was intended to be made ...
... statute , and it cannot , we think , have been intended thereby to take away the right which resident defendants had to require security for costs . No reason is seen for such a change , and we do not think any was intended to be made ...
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... statute law of the State of Vermont , at the time when this land was granted to the town of New Haven . This case is altogether unlike that of Smith v . State of Maryland , 6 96 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NATIONS IN TIME OF PEACE ( Part 1.
... statute law of the State of Vermont , at the time when this land was granted to the town of New Haven . This case is altogether unlike that of Smith v . State of Maryland , 6 96 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NATIONS IN TIME OF PEACE ( Part 1.
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Page 151 - ... that it is bona fide his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Page 142 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 142 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Page 455 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
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Page 13 - For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators, who by years of labor, research, and experience, have made themselves peculiarly well acquainted with the subjects of which they treat.
Page 230 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 301 - ... susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories, must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate...