...Paris. That declaration bears directly on the subject of blockades in these words : " Blockades, in order to be binding must be effective — that is...really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy." Now, if these words are to be understood in their strictly literal signification, to establish a lawful...

...instructions to me the text of the convention of Paris is quote in the following words: " Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is...force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast o the enemy." And the dispatch of the secretary of state then proceeds : " The Confederate States,...

...code of international law the following which is now universally recognized as binding: "Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to...really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy." port, the original idea of a blockade, has been developed, notably in 1861-1865 and in 1914-1919, into...

...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 forces sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy. Shortly after the declaration...

...exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag; (4) Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say maintained by a force sufficient to prevent ready access to the coast of the enemy.' See Oppenheim, op. cit., 1. 460-1, 768-82; WN Medlicott,...

...correctly stating the rule of international law as to blockade, expressly declares that ' ' blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy." The effectiveness of a blockade...

...the Declaration of London of 1909." Fundamental among the criteria is the rule that, "Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective; that is to...really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy."'* According to the United States Navy, effectiveness is contingent upon the presence of force sufficient...

...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...really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy. The Governments of the undersigned Plenipotentiaries engage to bring the present Declaration to the...

...with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to...really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy'. 2. Reference is to the Convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in...

...Paris, acceded to by European powers (but not the US) in 1856 after the Crimean War: "Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective; that is to say, maintained by 12. Howard P. Nash, Jr., A Naval History of the Civil War (New York, 1972), 30x5. On the other hand,...