Letters by Historicus on Some Questions of International Law: Reprinted from 'The Times' with Considerable AdditionsMacmillan and Company, 1863 - 212 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα v
... writer on international law assumes a noble task , but he at the same time accepts a grave responsibility . His speculations , if unsound , and his maxims , if unjustifiable , must too often be refuted by the sword . They furnish ...
... writer on international law assumes a noble task , but he at the same time accepts a grave responsibility . His speculations , if unsound , and his maxims , if unjustifiable , must too often be refuted by the sword . They furnish ...
Σελίδα vi
... writer has not attempted any profound or scientific treatment of the questions they discuss , which would have been ... writers to erroneous conclusions . If these papers have any merit at all , it is in the spirit in which they are ...
... writer has not attempted any profound or scientific treatment of the questions they discuss , which would have been ... writers to erroneous conclusions . If these papers have any merit at all , it is in the spirit in which they are ...
Σελίδα vii
... writer has sought to derive the institutes of international law , and also very slightly indicates the real basis of ... writers the PREFACE . vii WORDSWORTH.
... writer has sought to derive the institutes of international law , and also very slightly indicates the real basis of ... writers the PREFACE . vii WORDSWORTH.
Σελίδα viii
... writers the doctrines which are founded on reason and law from those which have their birth in inveterate pre- judice ... writer was to treat these topics . Lawyers and statesmen have much occasion to regret that he abandoned the severe ...
... writers the doctrines which are founded on reason and law from those which have their birth in inveterate pre- judice ... writer was to treat these topics . Lawyers and statesmen have much occasion to regret that he abandoned the severe ...
Σελίδα 3
... writers and speakers , and so much confusion appears to exist in the public mind respecting this interesting topic , that I venture to ask your indulgence in an attempt to elucidate the maxims of law and the practice of nations ...
... writers and speakers , and so much confusion appears to exist in the public mind respecting this interesting topic , that I venture to ask your indulgence in an attempt to elucidate the maxims of law and the practice of nations ...
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Σελίδα 129 - 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.
Σελίδα 132 - In pursuance of this policy, the laws of the United States do not forbid their, citizens to sell to either of the belligerent Powers articles contraband of war, or to take munitions of war or soldiers on board their private ships for transportation; and although, in so doing, the individual citizen exposes his property or person to some of the hazards of war, his acts do not involve any breach of national neutrality, nor of themselves implicate the Government.
Σελίδα 129 - It is a general understanding, -grounded on true principles, that the powers at war may seize and confiscate all contraband goods, without any complaint on the part of the neutral merchant, and without any imputation of a breach of neutrality in the neutral sovereign himself, (c) It was contended, on the part of the French nation, in 1796...
Σελίδα 116 - November in that year; the effect of a notification to any foreign government would clearly be to include all the individuals of that nation ; it would be the most nugatory thing in the world, if individuals were allowed to plead their ignorance of it; it is the duty of foreign governments to communicate the information to their subjects, whose interests they are bound to protect. I shall hold therefore that a neutral master can never be heard to aver against a notification of blockade, that he is...