Commentaries Upon International Law, Volume 1Butterworth, 1871 - International law |
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Page xviii
... Roman States and that of the whole of Italy affects too closely the maintenance of social order in Europe for France not to have an over- bearing interest in securing it by all the means in her power . But , on the other hand , it is ...
... Roman States and that of the whole of Italy affects too closely the maintenance of social order in Europe for France not to have an over- bearing interest in securing it by all the means in her power . But , on the other hand , it is ...
Page xlvi
... Romans are the most remarkable instances of regard for In- ternational justice ever exhibited by any nation , and the wonder is increased by the reflection , that this Collegium was the institution of a nascent State , which , in its ...
... Romans are the most remarkable instances of regard for In- ternational justice ever exhibited by any nation , and the wonder is increased by the reflection , that this Collegium was the institution of a nascent State , which , in its ...
Page lv
... Roman Law , admitted either from their in- trinsic merit , or through the influence of the clergy , enriched the then meagre system of English law . The Norman invasion was attended with a memorable change in the constitution as it then ...
... Roman Law , admitted either from their in- trinsic merit , or through the influence of the clergy , enriched the then meagre system of English law . The Norman invasion was attended with a memorable change in the constitution as it then ...
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... Roman law was adminis- tered . In the High Court of Admiralty ( s ) ( esta- blished about the time of Edward I. ) and in the Courts of the Lord High Constable and the Earl Marshal ( the Courts of Honour and Chivalry ) , the mode of ...
... Roman law was adminis- tered . In the High Court of Admiralty ( s ) ( esta- blished about the time of Edward I. ) and in the Courts of the Lord High Constable and the Earl Marshal ( the Courts of Honour and Chivalry ) , the mode of ...
Page lvii
... Roman Empire , it must be owned that the principles of our law are borrowed out of the Civil Law , therefore grounded upon the same reason in many things . " learning of the clergy had preserved from total extinction ( TO THE FIRST ...
... Roman Empire , it must be owned that the principles of our law are borrowed out of the Civil Law , therefore grounded upon the same reason in many things . " learning of the clergy had preserved from total extinction ( TO THE FIRST ...
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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...