Halleck's International Law: Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace and War, Volume 2

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C. K. Paul & Company, 1878 - International law

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Contents

PAGE
413
415
415
Historical examples
430
CHAPTER XXXIII
444
Rights of Complete Conquest PAGE
445
Change of ownership of private property during military occupation
460
Laws relating to such transfers
461
Allegiance of inhabitants of occupied territory
462
Lawful resistance and insurrection
463
Implied obligation of the conquered
464
Right of revolution
466
Historical examples
468
Alienations of territory occupied by an enemy
469
Acquisition of parts of a State 3 Subjugation of an entire State 480 482 483 4 Retroactive effect of confirmation of conquest 484 5 Transfer of perso...
480
CHAPTER XXXV
512
Upon moveables on land
516
Real property
517
Towns and provinces
518
Release of a subjugated State
520
Case of Genoa in 1814
521
Laws of Great Britain and United States
523
Setting forth as a vessel of war
527
Laws of France Spain and other States
528
Quantum of salvage on recaptures
530
Recapture of neutral property
531
International law on salvage
532
Military and civil salvage
533
253
535
In case of ransom
536
From pirates
537
By land forces in foreign ports
538
APPENDIX Foreign Enlistment Act 1870
541
Proclamation of Neutrality by Great Britain 1877
551
Earl Derbys letter to the Treasury and other Departments 1877
553
International Courts in Egypt
555
Territorial Waters of the British Empire
559
INDEX
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Effect of resistance of master on cargo 24 Neutral property in armed enemy vessel 25 Documents requisite to prove neutral character 26 Concealmen...
606
Cases of Hale and André 32
608

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Page 219 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with 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 a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 16 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 492 - ... to the United States by this treaty shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 185 - A neutral Government is bound — " First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 186 - And whereas the privilege of exterritoriality accorded to vessels of war has been admitted into the law of nations, not as an absolute right, but solely as a proceeding founded on the principle of courtesy and mutual deference between different nations, and therefore can never be appealed to for the protection of acts done in violation of neutrality...
Page 17 - And that the private property of the subjects or citizens of a belligerent on the high seas shall be exempted from seizure by public armed vessels of the other belligerent, except it be contraband.
Page 542 - 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 349 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer...
Page 36 - As martial law is executed by military force, it is incumbent upon those who administer it to be strictly guided by the principles of justice, honor, and humanity — virtues adorning a soldier even more than other men, for the very reason that he possesses the power of his arms against the unarmed.
Page 455 - Martial rule can never exist where the courts are open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction. It is also confined to the locality of actual war.

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