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Page vii
... means that , under the stress of a contest by force , when men are struggling with arms in their hands for mastery , violations of law are bound to occur because the means of securing the observance of law are reduced to a minimum ...
... means that , under the stress of a contest by force , when men are struggling with arms in their hands for mastery , violations of law are bound to occur because the means of securing the observance of law are reduced to a minimum ...
Page xii
... means been so much enlarged during the past twenty years as is popularly imagined . When I stated , in 1914 , that , so far as concerned the United States , the practice of arbitration was not then so far advanced as it was a hundred ...
... means been so much enlarged during the past twenty years as is popularly imagined . When I stated , in 1914 , that , so far as concerned the United States , the practice of arbitration was not then so far advanced as it was a hundred ...
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... mean that the world then acted as it had always done before . Only by way of illustration , I may mention the incident , other- wise wholly unimportant , that when , at the end of May 1914 , two months before the war began , I ventured ...
... mean that the world then acted as it had always done before . Only by way of illustration , I may mention the incident , other- wise wholly unimportant , that when , at the end of May 1914 , two months before the war began , I ventured ...
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... means readily disappears , the uncritical suppositions to which it gives rise , welded by constant repetition into the texture of current thought , strongly tend to persist . Of such suppositions , because their mischievous tendency is ...
... means readily disappears , the uncritical suppositions to which it gives rise , welded by constant repetition into the texture of current thought , strongly tend to persist . Of such suppositions , because their mischievous tendency is ...
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... means of transportation and communication , by 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 ...
... means of transportation and communication , by 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 ...
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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.