The Laws of War, Affecting Commerce and ShippingSmith, Elder, & Company, 1854 - 116 páginas |
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Página viii
... according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality . It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this ques- tion exactly as he would determine the same question , if sitting at Stockholm ...
... according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality . It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this ques- tion exactly as he would determine the same question , if sitting at Stockholm ...
Página xii
... according to a modern universal sense of what is just , they are enforced here as ascertained laws . * By a similar train of reasoning , not only may the inter- national tribunals of England enunciate new rules of law , as universal law ...
... according to a modern universal sense of what is just , they are enforced here as ascertained laws . * By a similar train of reasoning , not only may the inter- national tribunals of England enunciate new rules of law , as universal law ...
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... According to the Law of Nations , two things are required for a Solemn War ; first , it must be a Public War ; that is , the contending parties must be two nations , or two parties of allied nations , contending by force under the ...
... According to the Law of Nations , two things are required for a Solemn War ; first , it must be a Public War ; that is , the contending parties must be two nations , or two parties of allied nations , contending by force under the ...
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... According to strict authority , the Persons and Property of Subjects of the Enemy found in the belligerent state are liable to detention and confiscation ; but even on this point diversity of opinion has arisen among institutional ...
... According to strict authority , the Persons and Property of Subjects of the Enemy found in the belligerent state are liable to detention and confiscation ; but even on this point diversity of opinion has arisen among institutional ...
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... according to their mutual consent . * On similar principles , all Contracts made with the Enemy during War are utterly void . This applies to Insurances on the enemy's property and trade ; to the drawing and nego- ciation of Bills of ...
... according to their mutual consent . * On similar principles , all Contracts made with the Enemy during War are utterly void . This applies to Insurances on the enemy's property and trade ; to the drawing and nego- ciation of Bills of ...
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Act of Parliament actual alien enemy allegiance ally arise Armed Neutralities authority belonging blockade British subjects capture cargo carried chap circumstances claim cloth commission condemned confiscation considered contraband Contraband of War contract convoy Court of Admiralty Crown declaration destination domicil effect embargo enemy's country enemy's property enemy's ships England force foreign France Government granted hostile character Insurances intercourse interest justice Kent Kent's Law of Nations laws of war Letters of Marque liable licence Lord Stowell Majesty's maritime ment merchant modern native nature necessary neutral commerce neutral country neutral territory neutral vessels owner parties partnership peace permitted persons Pirate possession Post 8vo present principles prisoners Prisoners of War Prize Courts pro hac vice prohibited protection purpose Queen's racter ransom bill recapture reprisals residence respect restored rule sail seized seizure Sovran taken tion trade treaties Vattel void voyage Wheaton
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Página 101 - But her Majesty will waive the right of seizing enemy's property laden on board a neutral vessel, unless it be contraband of war. " It is not her Majesty's intention to claim the confiscation of neutral property, not being contraband of war, found on board enemy's ships; and her Majesty further declares that, being anxious to lessen as much as possible the evils of war, and to restrict its operations to the regularly organized forces of the country, it is not her present intention to issue letters...
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Página vi - I trust that it has not escaped my anxious recollection for one moment, what it is that the duty of my station calls for from me, namely, to consider myself as stationed here, not to deliver occasional and shifting opinions to serve present purposes of particular national interest, but to administer with indifference that justice which the law of nations holds out, without distinction, to independent States, some happening to be neutral and some to be belligerent.
Página 81 - It is a mitigated exercise of war on which my purchase is made, and no rule has established that such a purchase shall be regulated exactly upon the same terms of profit which would have followed the adventure if no such exercise of war had intervened. It is a reasonable indemnification and a fair profit on the commodity that is due, reference being had to the original price actually paid by the exporter, and the expenses which he has incurred.
Página 22 - This same principle, that, for all commercial purposes, the domicil of the party, without reference to the place of birth, becomes the test of national character, has been repeatedly and explicitly admitted in the courts of the United States. If he resides in a belligerent country, his property is liable to capture as enemy's property, and if he resides in a neutral country, he enjoys all the privileges, and is subject to all the inconveniences, of the neutral trade.
Página 77 - Contra, if the great predominant character of a port be that of a port of naval military equipment, it shall be intended that the articles were going for military use, although merchant ships resort to the same place, and although it is possible that the articles might have been applied to civil consumption...