 | Henry Wheaton - International law - 1836 - 420 pages
...be defined as consisttion»l Uw. ing of those rules of conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice, from the nature of the society existing among...and modifications as may be established by general consent. 12. A distinguished writer upon the science of law has questioned how far the rules which... | |
 | Law - 1837 - 512 pages
...nations, may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice, from the nature of the society existing among...and modifications as may be established by general consent." So that (leaving out of consideration particular compacts with which the law is in general... | |
 | Dirk van Hogendorp - Authors, Dutch - 1856 - 234 pages
...international law as understood among civilised, Christian nations may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct, which reason deduces as consonant...modifications as may be established by general concent." (p. S4J. •') Cf. пни !-кпи. commentaries upon International Law. (I.ond. 1854] I. p. 25 et 26;... | |
 | Law - 1864 - 410 pages
...nations, may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct which reason deduces as consonant to justice from the nature of the society existing among...and modifications as may be established by general consent." This is not a satisfactory definition ; a law, as the word implies, ought to be inflexible,... | |
 | James Madison - United States - 1865 - 670 pages
...which consists of those rules of conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice and common good, from the nature of the society existing among independent...and modifications as may be established by general consent. One evidence of general consent is general usage, which implies general consent. Can treaties... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - International law - 1866 - 820 pages
...be defined as consisting of those rules of tionai law. conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice, from the nature of the society existing among...nations ; with such definitions and modifications as may he established by general consent, (<i) 9 § 15. The various sources of international law in these... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - International law - 1866 - 808 pages
...be defined as consisting of those rules of tional law. conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice, from the nature of the society existing among independent nations; with t¿uch definitions and modiflcatioiis as may be established by general esensent. (a) 9 ¿ 1¿. The... | |
 | Frederic Hall - Mexico - 1868 - 336 pages
...among civilized nations ; which consists of those rules of conduct which reason deduces as consonant to justice from the nature of the society existing among...nations, with such definitions and modifications as has been established by general consent. " 2d. That, according to the generally recognized usages and... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1871 - 646 pages
...defining international law to consist of " those rules of conduct which reason deduces as consonant to justice from the nature of the society existing among independent nations. " "With this larger meaning no assemblage of nations could properly be regarded as an international convention... | |
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International Law, as understood among civilized nations, may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice, from the nature of the society existing among independent nations ; with such definitions and... 
