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... during the last centuries , so has likewise steadily advanced , especially in war on land , the distinction between the private individual belonging to a hostile country and the hostile country itself , with its viii Introduction.
... during the last centuries , so has likewise steadily advanced , especially in war on land , the distinction between the private individual belonging to a hostile country and the hostile country itself , with its viii Introduction.
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... lands they were commissioned to take , and the Psalmist could exultingly sing : " Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones . " The Thracians , the Macedonians , and the Romans in numerous instances ...
... lands they were commissioned to take , and the Psalmist could exultingly sing : " Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones . " The Thracians , the Macedonians , and the Romans in numerous instances ...
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... land and sea , of the unarmed population , male and female , adult and minor , were not contributory and essential to the maintenance of armed conflicts . In his celebrated work on the principles of war ' that great master of the ...
... land and sea , of the unarmed population , male and female , adult and minor , were not contributory and essential to the maintenance of armed conflicts . In his celebrated work on the principles of war ' that great master of the ...
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... land and by sea , did not prevent the countries of former times from warring with one another all over the globe . Al- though they reached their objectives more slowly , they gained them none the less surely ; and empires were lost and ...
... land and by sea , did not prevent the countries of former times from warring with one another all over the globe . Al- though they reached their objectives more slowly , they gained them none the less surely ; and empires were lost and ...
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... land as war sproutage , the lapse into savagery cannot be justified on the ground that it was formerly imagined that war did not lay under contribution all national ac- tivities and resources . The founders of international law were not ...
... land as war sproutage , the lapse into savagery cannot be justified on the ground that it was formerly imagined that war did not lay under contribution all national ac- tivities and resources . The founders of international law were not ...
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Page 84 - The Council shall formulate and submit to the Members of the League for adoption plans for the establishment of a Permanent Court of International Justice. The Court shall be competent to hear and determine any dispute of an international character which the parties thereto submit to it.
Page 30 - 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 99 - ... international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations ; d. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary...
Page 109 - In the event of a dispute between a Member of the League and a State which is not a Member of the League, or between States not Members of the League, the State or States not Members of the League shall be invited to accept the obligations of membership in the League for the purposes of such dispute, upon such conditions as the Council may deem just.
Page 105 - If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of them, and is found by the Council, to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to its setdement.
Page 99 - ARTICLE 19 The members of the Court, when engaged on the business of the Court, shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.
Page 134 - Every member of the Court shall, before taking up his duties, make a solemn declaration in open court that he will exercise his powers impartially and conscientiously.
Page 243 - A neutral Power is not bound to prevent the export or transit, for the use of either belligerent, of arms, ammunition, or, in general, of anything which could be of use to an army or fleet.
Page 142 - If the judgment does not represent in whole or in part the unanimous opinion of the judges, any judge shall be entitled to deliver a separate opinion.
Page 90 - The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges, elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law.