Authorization Legislation and Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session on the Department of Justice Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988, Volume 4, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 |
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Page 141 - Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.
Page 153 - No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Page 125 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Page 125 - For this purpose, where there is no treaty and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations...
Page 162 - To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water: 12. To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years: 13. To provide and maintain a navy: 14.
Page 158 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger...
Page 215 - For the purpose of this subsection, "investigative or law enforcement officer" means any officer of the United States who is empowered by law to execute searches, to seize evidence, or to make arrests for violations of Federal law.
Page 194 - ... information that has been determined by the United States Government pursuant to an Executive order or statute to require protection against unauthorized disclosure for reasons of national defense or foreign relations, or any restricted data, as defined in paragraph...
Page 107 - This Court has never departed from the rule announced in Ker v. Illinois, 119 US 436, 444, 7 S.Ct. 225, 229, 30 L.Ed. 421, that the power of a court to try a person for crime is not impaired by the fact that he had been brought within the court's jurisdiction by reason of a 'forcible abduction.
Page 149 - All members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action in cooperation with the organization for the achievement of the purposes set forth in Article 55.