Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 1Butterworth, 1871 - International law |
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Page vii
... Power is considered . The preservation of this balance is placed under the head of Self - defence , and upon this ... Powers in recent conventions of great importance . It will be seen , to pass by other instances , that the principle ...
... Power is considered . The preservation of this balance is placed under the head of Self - defence , and upon this ... Powers in recent conventions of great importance . It will be seen , to pass by other instances , that the principle ...
Page viii
... power , which for two centuries had distinguished Europe above other societies of nations , was now , for the first time , sacrificed ; three great military Powers , instead of preventing each other's aggrandisement , conspired to share ...
... power , which for two centuries had distinguished Europe above other societies of nations , was now , for the first time , sacrificed ; three great military Powers , instead of preventing each other's aggrandisement , conspired to share ...
Page xiii
... Powers , of the Ionian Islands to Greece - an act in which real homage was paid to the principle of consulting the ... Power for the purpose of securing and giving effect to this expression of opinion , such as the Prince of Orange in ...
... Powers , of the Ionian Islands to Greece - an act in which real homage was paid to the principle of consulting the ... Power for the purpose of securing and giving effect to this expression of opinion , such as the Prince of Orange in ...
Page xv
... Powers of Christendom on behalf of their co - religionists : - " His Imperial Majesty the Sultan having , in his " constant solicitude for the welfare of his subjects , " issued a firman which , while ameliorating their " condition ...
... Powers of Christendom on behalf of their co - religionists : - " His Imperial Majesty the Sultan having , in his " constant solicitude for the welfare of his subjects , " issued a firman which , while ameliorating their " condition ...
Page xvi
... Powers " the right to interfere , either collectively or sepa- rately , in the relations of His Majesty the Sultan " with his subjects , nor in the internal administration " of his Empire " ( y ) . It remains to be seen whether this ...
... Powers " the right to interfere , either collectively or sepa- rately , in the relations of His Majesty the Sultan " with his subjects , nor in the internal administration " of his Empire " ( y ) . It remains to be seen whether this ...
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Page 349 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 230 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 242 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean ; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 17 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 201 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 582 - He shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and shall be punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of such punishments, at the discretion of the Court before which the offender is convicted; and imprisonment, if awarded, may be either with or without hard labour.
Page 230 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 230 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands...
Page 164 - Such Persons shall be first summoned to the Senate as the Queen by Warrant under Her Majesty's Royal Sign Manual thinks fit to approve, and their Names shall be inserted in the Queen's Proclamation of Union.
Page 243 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have, to or with any State or People for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast or any jiart of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...