Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 3Butterworths, 1885 |
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... observed that if any arbitrator be appointed , the terms of the appointment will of course limit his authority , and if his award exceed or be inconsistent with those limits it will be altogether null ( ¿ ) . Otherwise , the Jus inter ...
... observed that if any arbitrator be appointed , the terms of the appointment will of course limit his authority , and if his award exceed or be inconsistent with those limits it will be altogether null ( ¿ ) . Otherwise , the Jus inter ...
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... observed by competent ( t ) authority that " as regards the " island of San Juan , there is no doubt that the Treaty of 1846 " between the English and American Governments is unfor- " tunately somewhat vague . Although it clearly sets ...
... observed by competent ( t ) authority that " as regards the " island of San Juan , there is no doubt that the Treaty of 1846 " between the English and American Governments is unfor- " tunately somewhat vague . Although it clearly sets ...
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... observed that force is substituted for law , whenever redress is sought otherwise than judicially , ( including under this term , in International Law , remon- strance by Governments , ) even though no injury be inflicted upon person or ...
... observed that force is substituted for law , whenever redress is sought otherwise than judicially , ( including under this term , in International Law , remon- strance by Governments , ) even though no injury be inflicted upon person or ...
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... observed , that , jure gentium , all the subjects of the injuring Government are liable to Reprisals , whether they be native or domiciled ( r ) , but not those who are travellers or passing guests ( y ) . ( 9 ) Cap . xxii . ( p ) Vide ...
... observed , that , jure gentium , all the subjects of the injuring Government are liable to Reprisals , whether they be native or domiciled ( r ) , but not those who are travellers or passing guests ( y ) . ( 9 ) Cap . xxii . ( p ) Vide ...
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... observed , that the misericordia of the Court had been appealed to , on account of the probable ignorance of a foreign captain , coming in not acquainted with the law , and misled by the governor , the extent of whose authority he could ...
... observed , that the misericordia of the Court had been appealed to , on account of the probable ignorance of a foreign captain , coming in not acquainted with the law , and misled by the governor , the extent of whose authority he could ...
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Page 357 - Declaration: 1. 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. 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 249 - 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 249 - ... 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 406 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Page 872 - It may not be unworthy of remark, that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled.
Page 8 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 296 - ... in either of which cases the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may be), shall require her to put to sea as soon...
Page 249 - Her Britannic Majesty has commanded her High Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to declare that Her Majesty's Government cannot assent to the foregoing rules as a statement of principles of international law which were in force at the time when the claims mentioned...
Page 408 - shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful " in increasing the quantity of military or naval stores...
Page 11 - States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants...