| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1951 - 154 σελίδες
...the supreme law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates...contract before it can become a rule for the court. It is evident, then, that the fulfillment of our treaty obligations often requires action on the part... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1975 - 1412 σελίδες
...Elam v. Nettson, Z Pet. 314. "That a treaty is to be regarded, in courts of justice, as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates...itself, without the aid of any legislative provision." The majority of the treaties entered into by the United States with Indians have been ratified by Congress.... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1976 - 862 σελίδες
...to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as an equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates...of any legislative provision. But when the terms of a stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1977 - 708 σελίδες
...treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates...contract before it can become a rule for the Court, 'he court concluded that the 1819 treaty, because of its particular language, p'liiired legislation... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1977 - 446 σελίδες
...Chief Justice Marshall observed that a treaty must "be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, Whenever it operates...itself without the aid of any legislative provision." Foster v. Neilson, 2 Pet. (27 US) 253, 314 (1829). [Italics supplied, leaving the impression that where... | |
| 1978 - 448 σελίδες
...treaty to be the law of the land. It is consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates...contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particule.? act, the treaty adresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the... | |
| Philippines. Supreme Court - 1919 - 1144 σελίδες
...Neilson (supra) it was said that a treaty was to be regarded by the courts of 'justice as equivalent to an Act of the Legislature, whenever it operates...itself without the aid of any legislative provision. , In the case of Head vs. Money Cases (supra), the court said : "So far as a treaty made by the United... | |
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