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... admitted , however , that the sages from whose works the pandects were compiled , speak very indistinctly and imperfectly on the subject of national law . They must be read with much discrimination , as Grotius observed , for they often ...
... admitted , however , that the sages from whose works the pandects were compiled , speak very indistinctly and imperfectly on the subject of national law . They must be read with much discrimination , as Grotius observed , for they often ...
Side 11
... admission of the lawfulness of alliances with infidels , and he had no doubt that all Christian nations were bound to assist one another against the attacks of infidels . Even Lord Bacone thought it a matter of so much doubt , as to pro ...
... admission of the lawfulness of alliances with infidels , and he had no doubt that all Christian nations were bound to assist one another against the attacks of infidels . Even Lord Bacone thought it a matter of so much doubt , as to pro ...
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... highest a Com , sur Ord . tom . 2. 579-587 . b Vinnius in Inst . lib . 2. tit . 1. art . 47. note 5. Valin ub . sup . Treatment of prisoners . Admission of ambassa- dors . praise Lecture I. ] OF THE LAW OF NATIONS . 13.
... highest a Com , sur Ord . tom . 2. 579-587 . b Vinnius in Inst . lib . 2. tit . 1. art . 47. note 5. Valin ub . sup . Treatment of prisoners . Admission of ambassa- dors . praise Lecture I. ] OF THE LAW OF NATIONS . 13.
Side 14
James Kent. Treatment of prisoners . Admission of ambassa- dors . praise , but it ceased to be put in execution after his death . Pillage had become an inveterate moral pestilence . It re- quired something more effectual than papal bulls ...
James Kent. Treatment of prisoners . Admission of ambassa- dors . praise , but it ceased to be put in execution after his death . Pillage had become an inveterate moral pestilence . It re- quired something more effectual than papal bulls ...
Side 24
... admitted to create a case of necessity justifying an in- terference by force ; for a nation , under any form of civil policy which it may choose to adopt , is competent to pre- serve its faith , and to maintain the relations of peace ...
... admitted to create a case of necessity justifying an in- terference by force ; for a nation , under any form of civil policy which it may choose to adopt , is competent to pre- serve its faith , and to maintain the relations of peace ...
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Side 451 - So, if a law be in opposition to the Constitution, if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution, or conformably to the Constitution, disregarding the law, the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
Side 235 - Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require...
Side 370 - ... saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it...
Side 358 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Side 387 - Whenever the terms in which a power is granted to congress, or the nature of the power, require that it should be exercised exclusively by congress, the subject is as completely taken from the state legislatures as if they had been expressly forbidden to act on it.
Side 451 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Side 299 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Side 139 - I take the modern established rule to be this, that generally they are not contraband, but may become so under circumstances arising out of the particular situation of the war, or the condition of the parties engaged in it.
Side 469 - The Common Law includes those principles, usages, and rules of action applicable to the government and security of person and property which do not rest for their authority upon any express and positive declaration of the will of the legislature.
Side 407 - An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed.