Outlines of International Law

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C. Scribner's sons, 1914 - International law - 616 pages

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Contents

CHAPTER II
13
THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THE EARLY INTERCOURSE OF PEOPLES 12 The original motives and causes of international law ...
14
Code of Manu 16 The Hebrews
22
Other intercourse of the ancients 18 International laws and usages of the Greeks
24
International intercourse and laws of the Romans
25
From the peace of Utrecht to the French Revolution
26
The Dark and Middle Ages 21 The predecessors of Grotius 15 20 1422222788
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From the congress of Vienna to the declaration of Paris
28
The enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine
29
The declaration of Paris
30
From the declaration of Paris to the treaty of Washington 1871
32
The first Hague conference
33
The second Hague conference
34
The declaration of London
35
CHAPTER III
37
The successors of Grotius
38
AGE
39
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PART IISTATES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW CHAPTER IV
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Equality of sovereign states in a legal sense
62
States communities corporations and institutions that are not primarily subjects of international
63
Neutralized states
65
Partsovereign states and protectorates
67
The North American Indians and the native princes of British India 8 222 8222 61 61 61 62 63 65 67
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CHAPTER V
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The state of insurgency
77
The state of belligerency and its recognition
81
The recognition of a new state
85
Continuity of states
88
De facto governments
90
Extinction of states
91
The formation of a state by occupation or colonization in a ter ritory without civilized population 47 The formation of a state by the attainment after ...
92
The combination of a number of minor states into a union or confederation
93
CHAPTER VI
94
Fundamental rights and duties of sovereign states
97
The right of independence and legal equality
98
Intervention
100
The right of selfpreservation
103
Respect for the dignity and honor of the state
109
CHAPTER VII
112
The right to hold and acquire property
113
Boundaries of states
119
State servitudes
123
Territorial waters
125
The marine league
126
Straits
131
Rivers
134
The attainment of independence by an insurgent community 72
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CHAPTER VIII
147
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Jurisdiction over vessels upon the high seas and other waters
152
Piracy
155
Papers carried by merchant vessels
156
Immunities of foreign vessels of war in ports and waters
158
Immunity from arrest when asylum is sought on board vessels of war
162
Status of merchant vessels in foreign ports
167
CHAPTER IX
175
Citizenship by birth
178
Naturalization
181
Corporations as citizens
185
Domicile
187
The duties of diplomatic officials
204
The rights and privileges of diplomatic officials
206
Right of asylum in legations and embassies
210
Termination of diplomatic mission
212
Agents of the state without diplomatic or consular character
213
CHAPTER XI
218
Definition of a consul and his general functions
220
Classification and precedence of consuls
223
Exequaturinstallation of the consul
225
Duties of consular officers
230
Foreign consular systems
232
Termination of consular functions
233
Exterritorialityconsuls with judicial functions
234
CHAPTER XII
237
Congresses and conferences
238
CHAPTER XIV
257
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MEDIATION ARBITRATION
271
International commissions of inquiry
277
CHAPTER XVI
283
PART IVWARRELATIONS OF BELLIGERENTS
293
CHAPTER XVIII
300
LAWS OF WAR LAWS OF LAND WARFARE 139 Laws of war in general
309
Modern development of the laws of war 141 Laws of war and the private citizen 142 The laws of war on land Belligerents 143 144 Prisoners of war ...
310
CHAPTER XX
332
Laws and usages of war at sea
333
Attack and capture of public vessels of the enemy
334
The use of torpedoes and submarine mines 337 154 Conversion of merchantmen into vessels of war
337
Capture of enemys merchantmen
340
Exemptions and restrictions in capture in maritime warfare
343
157
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The procedure of the capture and sending in of a merchantman
347
Destruction of enemy vessels as prizes
348
Resistance to search recapture ransom and safe conduct
349
Bombardments by naval forces in time of
350
Submarine cables in time of war
351
CHAPTER XXI
355
The sovereignty of the
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Aerial warfare as affected by the laws of
363
Conquest and cession
364
PART VRELATIONS BETWEEN BELLIGERENTS
380
Neutral rights and duties in land warfare
389
Wireless telegraphy
392
Proclamations and declarations of neutrality
396
Obligations of neutrals as to their waters
402
The rights of visit and search
409
Right of angary
415
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UNNEUTRAL SERVICE
442
The opening to neutrals of a trade closed in peace
449
CHAPTER XXVIII
458
Compensation for capture when found void
464
CHAPTER XXIX
471
The use of floating mines on the high seas
477
THE RECOGNITION OF BELLIGERENCY AND OF INDEPENDENCE
487
APPENDIX II
500
APPENDIX III
520
APPENDIX IV
535
APPENDIX V
598
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Page 141 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality...
Page 535 - Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the President of the...
Page 345 - Convention for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864.
Page 599 - States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 415 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for, any military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or State, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are [at] peace, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned...
Page 519 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 144 - If it should become necessary at any time to employ armed forces for the safety or protection of the Canal, or of the ships that make use of the same, or the railways and auxiliary works, the United States shall have the right, at all times and in its discretion, to use its police and its land and naval forces or to establish fortifications for these purposes.
Page 507 - Powers as the most effective, and, at the same time, the most equitable means of settling disputes which diplomacy has failed to settle.
Page 312 - Until a more complete code of the laws of war has been issued, the High Contracting Parties deem it expedient to declare that, in cases not included in the Regulations adopted by them, the inhabitants and the belligerents remain under the protection and the rule of the principles of the law of nations, as they result from the usages established among civilized peoples, from the laws of humanity, and the dictates of the public conscience.
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