The American Journal of International Law, Volume 8American Society of International Law, 1914 The American Journal of International Law has been published quarterly since 1907 and is considered the premier English-language scholarly journal in its field. It features scholarly articles and editorials, notes and comment by preeminent scholars on developments in international law and international relations, and reviews of contemporary developments. The Journal contains summaries of decisions by national and international courts and arbitral and other tribunals, and of contemporary U.S. practice in international law. Each issue lists recent publications in English and other languages, many of which are reviewed in depth. Throughout its history, and particularly during first sixty years, the Journal has published full-text primary materials of particular importance in the field of international law. The contents of the current issue of the Journal are available on the ASIL web site. |
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... nations and are not restricted to purely American authorities . But in the absence of clear and definite rules developed by long custom in the world at large , we are compelled to resort to the evidence of the most extensive precedents ...
... nations and are not restricted to purely American authorities . But in the absence of clear and definite rules developed by long custom in the world at large , we are compelled to resort to the evidence of the most extensive precedents ...
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... nations which interdicts warlike aggressions at any time and under all condi- tions against friendly countries . The general duty with which our discussion deals may be phrased as one of non - interference and neutrality . This is ...
... nations which interdicts warlike aggressions at any time and under all condi- tions against friendly countries . The general duty with which our discussion deals may be phrased as one of non - interference and neutrality . This is ...
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... nations present differences of physical , mental and moral characteristics far more marked than those exhibited by the individuals within a given state , and it is but natural therefore that it should be correspondingly difficult to ...
... nations present differences of physical , mental and moral characteristics far more marked than those exhibited by the individuals within a given state , and it is but natural therefore that it should be correspondingly difficult to ...
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... nations . This distinction formed the very basis of his system , and from its adoption by the majority of the writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries arose what has been called the Grotian school of writers . The system ...
... nations . This distinction formed the very basis of his system , and from its adoption by the majority of the writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries arose what has been called the Grotian school of writers . The system ...
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... nations present differences of physical , mental and moral characteristics far more marked than those exhibited by the individuals within a given state , and it is but natural therefore that it should be correspondingly difficult to ...
... nations present differences of physical , mental and moral characteristics far more marked than those exhibited by the individuals within a given state , and it is but natural therefore that it should be correspondingly difficult to ...
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Page 395 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 396 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 553 - States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Page 397 - The question presented by the letters you have sent me, is the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us a nation, this sets our compass and points the course which we are to steer through the ocean of time opening on us.
Page 398 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be sO construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions of policy or internal administration of any foreign state; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Page 698 - not more than five years old at the time they apply for registry " in section five of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone,
Page 417 - The government of New Granada guarantees to the government of the United States that the right of way or transit across the .Isthmus of Panama, upon any modes of communication that now exist or that may be hereafter constructed, shall be open and free to the government and citizens of the United States...
Page 364 - ... anarchists, or persons who believe in or advocate the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States, or of all government, or of all forms of law, or the assassination of public officials...
Page 806 - Convention does not apply in this case, because of the "general participation" clause in Article 2 of the Hague Convention of 1907. That clause provided: "The provisions contained in the regulations (rules of land warfare) referred to in Article 1 as well as in the present convention do not apply except between contracting powers, and then only if all the belligerents are parties to the convention.
Page 406 - Powers agree to have recourse, as far as circumstances allow, to the good offices or mediation of one or more friendly Powers.