Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 3Butterworth, 1873 - International law |
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... Arms . Treaty of Washington , 1871. The Geneva Tri- bunal . Case of Demetrius de Wütz v . Hendricks . Territory and Waters of Neutral inviolable . Jus transitûs innoxii considered . Affair of Ter- ceira , 1828-9 . Debates in Parliament ...
... Arms . Treaty of Washington , 1871. The Geneva Tri- bunal . Case of Demetrius de Wütz v . Hendricks . Territory and Waters of Neutral inviolable . Jus transitûs innoxii considered . Affair of Ter- ceira , 1828-9 . Debates in Parliament ...
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... arms ( b ) , for war is the terrible litigation of States . By what rules this International Right of Action ( c ) is governed , both with respect to the principals and to the bystanders , we shall presently consider at length . II ...
... arms ( b ) , for war is the terrible litigation of States . By what rules this International Right of Action ( c ) is governed , both with respect to the principals and to the bystanders , we shall presently consider at length . II ...
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... arms , have recourse , as far as circumstances might " allow , to the good offices of a friendly Power . " ( d ) Alas ! for such wishes : -two most terrible wars have been waged in Europe and America since this solemn international ...
... arms , have recourse , as far as circumstances might " allow , to the good offices of a friendly Power . " ( d ) Alas ! for such wishes : -two most terrible wars have been waged in Europe and America since this solemn international ...
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... arms , to detain by the strong hand " of power , a number of Dutch ships in the ports of this kingdom . At the same time , conciliating language was " used to the proprietors , and promises were held out to all " such as should ...
... arms , to detain by the strong hand " of power , a number of Dutch ships in the ports of this kingdom . At the same time , conciliating language was " used to the proprietors , and promises were held out to all " such as should ...
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... arms and stores from the American side of the river to the Canadian rebels , who were in possession of Navy Island , and had been boarded in the night - time by a party of Canadian Loyalists , while she was lying within the juris ...
... arms and stores from the American side of the river to the Canadian rebels , who were in possession of Navy Island , and had been boarded in the night - time by a party of Canadian Loyalists , while she was lying within the juris ...
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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 - Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
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 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 as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours...
Page 153 - ... of the woods ? to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren ? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment. But, my lords, this barbarous measure has been defended, not only on the principles of policy and necessity, but also on those of morality ; " for it is perfectly allowable...
Page 6 - 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 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 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...
Page 55 - The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity .. the rest is crime.