| 单词 | law of nations |
| 例句 | The law of nations demanded it, he said. “By the law of nature, all men are free”: Francis Scott Key and the case of the slave ship Antelope 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z With such customs, it is contrary to the law of nations that a city incapable of repelling their attack should stop their progress. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z On matters of immigration and asylum, E.U. law, which regulates the qualifications for asylum in member states, takes precedence over the laws of nations. France’s Far Right Turn 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z But while their attitude was very Europe-centric, the legal notion that planting a flag was an act of establishing sovereignty quickly stuck and became accepted worldwide as part and parcel of the law of nations. Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Arab Bank that foreign corporations cannot be sued under the 1789 Alien Tort Statute, which was originally intended to punish piracy and injuries to ambassadors under the common “law of nations.” The Supremes Go 1 for 2 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The statute allows federal courts to hear “any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.” High court wrestles with law letting foreign citizens sue overseas firms 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z He has treated Iran as an exceptional offender against the laws of nations, a country that requires attention only in the cause of disarmament. The empire strikes back: Dick Cheney, Benjamin Netanyahu and the rebirth of neoconservatism 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z But in the euphoria accompanying the Soviet Union’s collapse, this success was unrealistically generalized into a universal law of nations. Global prosperity is no panacea The post-euphoric world International jurisprudence is suggested by the author to replace the term law of nations, which he deems to be "a misnomer". How authors from Dickens to Dr Seuss invented the words we use every day 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z “This is the beginning of a movement where we the people begin to protect our universal human rights with the laws of nature rather than the laws of nations.” A Year After the Snowden Leaks, the Online Community Is Still Fuming 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The statute grants American district courts jurisdiction over “any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or of a treaty of the United States”. Extraterritoriality: The Shell game ends 2013-04-18T15:03:04Z Proud in her superior strength, and blind to her own true interests, she continued her high-handed violation of neutral rights and the laws of nations. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z The authorities of Valparaiso were also guilty of a base act in not defending the rights of their own port, and extending the protection required by the laws of nations to the American vessel. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z “He made a speech,” says Morris, “which does him honor, and shows that he was acquainted with the law of nations.” The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z I thought this contrary to the law of nations and to well-established diplomatic usages recognized throughout the world. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Where are they, and how have they fared, that you dare appeal to the law of nations, or he to the loyalty of Biron? Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z England, without the slightest provocation, had commenced a war against France, and irritated at her want of success, declared her coast in a state of blockade—thus violating an established law of nations. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Though in a neutral port, and by the law of nations safe from attack, he was well aware that it would not avail him. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z France, sustained by the law of nations, declared war against the Power which had insulted her. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z England and the United States, he urged, were both deeply interested as free nations, and as guardians of the law of nations, to prevent Russia from again interfering to crush Hungary. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Upon the question how far prior discovery constitutes a legal claim to sovereignty, the law of nations is somewhat vague and undefined. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z But if the law of nations would join with such custom, to the maintenance of ignorance and to the suppressing of knowledge, the civilest country in the world would soon become barbarous. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z My judgment was formed on the law of nations and of war. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z By the original laws of nations, war and extirpation were the punishment of injury. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z But non-interference relates to the sovereign right of nations to dispose of themselves; this right is a public law of nations—common to all, and, therefore, put under the common guarantee of all. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Thus the validity of the title conveyed by the letters patent was sought to be grounded by the United States upon principles recognised by the law of nations. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Upon the ground of that which is called the law of nations, yours is a state of warfare, and your quarrel is the want of the necessaries of life in the midst of abundance. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z We reprove and condemn it as violating the natural law, the law of nations, the public fidelity to treaties. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Publicly and by legislative act, was Cuba declared to be deprived of all the rights enjoyed by all Spaniards, and conceded by nature and the laws of nations the least advanced in civilization. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Say, poppa," she went on, leaning over the front of the bridge, "I reckon that shot broke the law of nations, didn't it? The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z The proof must be derived from facts, which the law of nations recognises as founding a title to territory. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z His power, in short, is limited only by the requirements of military necessity and the law of nations. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z They may make them consistent with the laws of nations. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. 2011-11-03T02:00:18.037Z The justice of his demands could not be denied without repudiating the constitution, the law of nations, and the solemn compacts of the fathers, their children and children’s children. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z The law of war can no more wholly dispense with retaliation than can the law of nations, of which it is a branch; yet civilized nations acknowledge retaliation as the sternest feature of war. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z But the general law of nations must only be invoked as supplementary to the special law recognised by the convention. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Hold, hold, sir; I am only an ambassadress sent you from a lady: I hope you will not violate the laws of nations. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z The whole phrase is, "amount practically to a statement of what is the essence of the law of nations properly applicable to the questions at issue under present-day conditions of international commerce and warfare." Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' 2011-08-29T02:01:12.047Z We must cut loose from the accursed ‘body of this death,’ even to get the benefit of the law of nations. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z There are certain rules that arise from the principle of self-preservation, and form what Wolff calls “the voluntary law of nations.” Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z Priority of settlement would thus give as perfect a title under the special law of the convention, as discovery and settlement under the general law of nations. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z All laws were desired as necessary for repressing tyrants; whosoever doth condemn this, must likewise condemn all the laws of nations. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z Thus the Declaration is not a mere declaration of the existing law of nations. Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' 2011-08-29T02:01:12.047Z From time to time they met bands, commanded by no one, formed of robbers or wild herdsmen, without the least idea of the laws of nations, but hungry for blood and plunder. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The problem of war in itself belongs rather to the law of nations than to morality properly so called. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z She is subjected to no law but that of her own country, and to the law of nations, which presses equally on all states. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z "The law of nations," he declared, "disavows such compacts—the law of nature written on the hearts and consciences of men repudiates them." Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z "We obtained recognition of the fact," says Lord Desart, "that, as a body, these rules do amount practically to a statement of what is the essence of the law of nations." Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' 2011-08-29T02:01:12.047Z The extradition of fugitives from justice is regarded by Grotius and other respectable authorities as the duty of states, by the law of nations. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z That’s because “Congress used the phrase ‘as defined by’ the law of nations to signify ongoing incorporation,” they wrote. Prosecutors: Piracy includes failed attempts to rob ships at sea under international law 2011-07-25T19:35:11Z The original title, however, of the United States, does not satisfy the requirements of the law of nations, in the extent in which it is maintained to be effective. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The Gauls thereupon demanded their surrender, on the ground that they had violated the law of nations; the Romans, by way of reply, elected them consular tribunes in the following year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Consequently, argues Mr. Bullard, to repudiate the Declaration, even if it was never ratified, is to repudiate the essence of the law of nations. Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' 2011-08-29T02:01:12.047Z He was too deeply read in the law of nations, and regarded that august code with too much respect, not to contemplate with indignation its infraction by both the belligerents. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The U.S. statute mandating a life sentence for piracy states that piracy is defined by “the law of nations.” Prosecutors: Piracy includes failed attempts to rob ships at sea under international law 2011-07-25T19:35:11Z The Nootka Convention is arbitrary and artificial in the highest degree, and is anything rather than the mere acknowledgment of simple and elementary principles consecrated by the law of nations. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Despite Exxon's claims of corporate immunity, Rogers wrote that the oil giant can be sued "for torts based on heinous conduct allegedly committed by its agents in violation of the law of nations." U.S. Court Revives Indonesia Case Against Exxon 2011-07-08T21:13:52Z Germany used every power in her hands to win, never hesitating to set aside the laws of nations or the opinions of civilized men. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z To do this in time of peace, under whatever name it may be excused or justified, is to perform an act of mere power, for which the law of nations affords no warrant. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z As it would have been against the laws of nations to fight a battle in the harbor, the Kearsarge remained outside to prevent the Alabama from getting away. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z On the other hand, the expeditions of Captains Cook and Vancouver satisfied all the conditions required by the law of nations for making discoveries and forming settlements. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Under the law of nations, intervention for conquest is condemned, and is opposed to the universal sentiment of mankind. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z The French armies were still quartered in Southern Germany, violating at will not only the laws of the land, but the laws of nations. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z No court in England will allow any thing, not even a treaty with a foreign government, or the most undoubted principles of the law of nations, to be pleaded against an act of Parliament. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Therefore, they fail entirely to occupy that explicit and clear position, under the law of the land, and the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z We were entitled by the general law of nations to make settlements in this country, as being unoccupied by any civilised nation. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z Mr. Ewing.—Do you base it, then, only on the law of nations? The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Japan contends that this is not a just interpretation of the laws of nations. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z A general who cuts the throat of a king, his prisoner of war, at once violates what is called the laws of nations, and those of humanity. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z It is made an offence in this country, because it is an offence against the law of nations; for this is a question on which civilized nations do not differ. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z It will then be best for both parties that the Convention of 1827 should be abrogated, and the future destinies of the country be regulated by the general law of nations. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The master of the vessel complained loudly, and asked why they thus violated the laws of nations. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z It must be known that in the laws of nations the spirit of international morality, namely, justice and equity, has greater weight than municipal laws, lex loci. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The law of nations would justify it, and it is absolutely necessary for our Pacific relations. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z No State can be prevented by any law of nations from making anything piracy which that State pleases. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The commandments of God and the laws of nations retain their force even amid the clash of arms. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Appended to the letter of Kossuth, is the protest of the refugees, declaring the order for their separation from Kossuth to be unjust, cruel, and contrary to the law of nations. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Beyond this, the spirit of the law of nations is that a neutral ought to allow nothing. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z The Oregon Question examined, in respect to facts and the laws of nations. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z A pirate is deemed by the law of nations, and has always been regarded as the enemy of the human race,—as a man who depredates generally and indiscriminately on the commerce of all nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The law of nations is common to all men and derives its force from the conviction of men that such a law is demanded for the good of mankind. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z He is now engaged in compiling a digest of the economic laws of nations. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z The laws of nations are positive on this last point, and it would be your duty to allow me to refit in the public dock. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Adopted in 1789, possibly to target pirates, the statute allows for civil actions by aliens for wrongful acts “committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States”. Alien torts: Trial trails 2010-10-07T11:04:00Z Whether or not the crime alleged here is piracy under the law of nations, is not material to the issue. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z In a document called a criminal information, Mr. Ibrahim was accused of conspiracy to commit piracy under the law of nations and conspiracy to use a firearm during a crime of violence. Somali Man Pleads Guilty in Piracy Case 2010-08-27T20:47:00Z The remaining men on board were captured and indicted on eight counts that included piracy, which an 1819 law said was “defined by the law of nations” and carries a life sentence. Somalis No Longer Face Federal Piracy Charges 2010-08-18T00:45:00Z The ignorant Moorish officials knew nothing, and cared nothing, about the laws of nations; nor did they puzzle their small brains with what was going on, on the American continent. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Jackson agreed in his ruling, finding that the government ''failed to establish that any unauthorized acts of violence or aggression committed on the high seas constitutes piracy as defined by the law of nations.'' Charges Dismissed Against 6 Somalis 2010-08-17T20:20:00Z Nearly all the laws of nations are founded on interest. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z "Violent attacks on the high seas without lawful authority have always been piracy under the law of nations, in 1819 and today," said the lead prosecutor, Benjamin Hatch, at a pretrial hearing last month. Who's a Pirate? It's Not So Simple 2010-08-13T23:47:00Z Bill Gates is quoted as saying that Microsoft observes the laws of nations where it operates. On Leadership: Views on Google's refusal to continue censorship in China 2010-03-28T04:00:00Z The reasons were, first, the repairs, themselves, were such as were authorized by the laws of nations; and secondly, there were no private docks in Cadiz. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z After gaining this possession of Mecca, Mohammed issued in the ninth Sura of the Koran what amounted to a new law of nations, and a new practice of war. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII I contend that the statute is complete, and that this commission is not a pretence of authority, even under the law of nations establishing and recognizing privateers for struggling communities. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z "We have, therefore, no hesitation in declaring that piracy, by the law of nations, is robbery upon the sea," Justice Joseph Story wrote for the majority in the case of United States v. Who's a Pirate? It's Not So Simple 2010-08-13T23:47:00Z No one better understood the relative condition of the two countries—the powers and rights of each and the law of nations. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution But it is not true, as we shall see hereafter, that the Alabama violated either the laws of nations, or the municipal law of England. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Who was the man who created languages? who devised the most ancient law of nations? who first thought of giving poetical expression to an elevated tone of mind? Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. It is, perhaps, well, now, to recur to the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Such Representatives shall be entitled to the rank and privileges accorded to ambassadors by the law of nations, and the Agents shall be entitled to the privileges of Consuls of the most favoured nation. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar England, the United States and several other governments looked upon the incarceration of La Fayette as a violation of the laws of nations, of common justice and humanity. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It is not necessary that the independence of the revolted Province or State be acknowledged, in order to constitute it a party belligerent in a war, according to the laws of nations. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The invasion of Belgium was a breach of contract with us for the maintenance of a law of nations.... Victory out of Ruin Piracy by the law of nations is defined by Wheaton, the great American commentator on international law, on page 184 of his treatise on that subject. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z European statesmen, warriors, and writers on what are called the laws of nations, have laid down a system of laws upon which they found this right. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 This passage is so far curious as it asserts the existence of a customary law of nations, the knowledge of which was already a sort of learning. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 This was the law of nations as expounded by Vattel more than a century ago. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "He is responsible to the laws of nations, which he has repeatedly violated in many different ways, my lord." Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. A word more about piracy: A pirate is an offender against the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Science obtains thereby a share in the future of the law of nations, and quite new tasks are allotted to it. The Future of International Law It was a deliberate insult, at once to the laws of nations and to the majesty of the great Disposer of nations. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 A blockade was an act of war, which came under the cognizance of the laws of nations. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z This state of things has prevailed wherever the edicts of Justinian have been adopted into the laws of nations. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists This must be so, if there is anything in the idea that piracy is an offence against the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The law of nature as the basis of the law of nations. The Future of International Law Prussia talked of reviving the holy alliance in defence of the law of nations against the overweening ambition of Piedmont. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) We talked to him, however, of bullocks, and sheep, fish and turtles, yams and oranges, rather than of the war between the States, and the laws of nations. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z However great the animosity against him, party rage cannot withstand your demand, without violating the law of nations. Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna But the fact of retaliation, as a danger that may ensue from treating as pirates men engaged in war, is referred to by Vattel in his treatise on the laws of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Is the law of nations an anarchic law? The Future of International Law Justinian calls it a constitution of the law of nations, by which one man is made subject to another, contrary to nature. Dissertation on Slavery With a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it, in the State of Virginia The laws of nations were clearly against them. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I take it for granted that no claims have been, or shall be sustained by our Government, but such as are founded on treaties or the acknowledged law of nations. Peace with Mexico The authority given to Congress on that subject is to define and punish piracy and other offences against the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z All members of the international society thus subject themselves in point of fact to the law of nations without suffering the least diminution of their sovereignty. The Future of International Law In nearly every instance there was not even the form of an excuse that Germany was acting in accord with the laws of nations. The Story of General Pershing His Excellency had learned from the gad-fly, that I had enlisted one of my late prisoners, after setting him on shore, which, as he said, was a grave breach of the laws of nations. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z In this case the law of nations only recognizes a clear and positive fact. Peace with Mexico It need not be a taking which, if upon the high seas, would amount to piracy, according to the law of nations, or what, in some of the books, is called general piracy or robbery. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The growth and final shaping of the international organization will go hand in hand with the progress of the law of nations. The Future of International Law To violate in this way the law of nations would cover him with disgrace, she said, and stay the coming of many who otherwise would seek his camp with homage and presents. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The custom, in the law of nations, abrogated even a treaty, in that case. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Piracy, by the law of nations, is punishable with death within the jurisdiction of any nation under whose flag the capture may have been made, for the pirate is the common enemy of mankind. Pirates and Piracy But the robbery charged in this case is that which the Act of Congress prescribes as a crime, and may be denominated a statute offence as contra-distinguished from that known to the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z It must never be lost sight of that such majority resolutions do not go to form a universal but only a general law of nations. The Future of International Law "The laws of nations are but the natural rights of man applied to nations." Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. With the most perfect unconcern for the laws of nations, no one swore to anything. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The law of nations has defined it as the taking of property from others by open violence, with intent to steal, and without lawful authority, on the sea. Pirates and Piracy I am under the law of nations, because this act which I am now discussing, of robbery on the high seas, was evidently a transcript of the law of nations upon the subject of piracy. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Only he who repudiates the necessary distinction between a particular and a general and a universal law of nations can demand unanimity. The Future of International Law Does not Prussia also hear her own name loudly pronounced, in those cannon-shots fired off in the Baltic and Black Sea for the public law of nations by Europe's brave champions? Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Clearly not; for we are speaking now of rights under the laws of nations, and a mere municipal order cannot abrogate these. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The law of nations and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war, as public enemies. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War The 8th section you will find to be the law of piracy, by the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Now the development which up to the present has taken place in the law of nations has shown the necessity of this distinction. The Future of International Law But their lofty conception of freedom, as no exceptional privilege but the birthright of mankind, survived in the law of nations and purified the equity of Rome. The History of Freedom This is a question which arises wholly under the laws of nations. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The world would be in continual quarrels and war, and commerce be annihilated, if Algerine policy was the law of nations. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 In the argument which I shall address to your honors I will beg leave to characterize the first as piracy by the laws of nations, and the second as statutory piracy. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z It would be extremely difficult to enumerate any large number of universally accepted rules of the law of nations—apart from those which have obtained recognition as customary law. The Future of International Law The European Powers have overturned, or have allowed to be overturned, the two pillars of their existence,—the principle of legitimacy, and the public law of nations. The History of Freedom He said it would be contrary to the laws of nations, as had been decided often in the Courts of Admiralty, and would be moreover a violation of the Constitution. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The whole crisis arose from the new demand of America that Germany should admit the sinking of the Lusitania to be an act infringing the law of nations. My Three Years in America The eighth section of the Act only alludes to piracy as it is acknowledged under the law of nations, and as known to the common law. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z History also teaches us that the general law of nations has a tendency gradually to become the universal law of nations. The Future of International Law V. Upon exactly the same reason stands the prerogative of granting safe-conducts, without which by the law of nations no member of one society has a right to intrude into another. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First Germany is the only modern nation that felt strong enough to defy world opinion, the laws of nations, and to assume an entirely independent attitude. History of Human Society Such laxity was against the law of nations. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 If the case becomes one to which the law of nations is applicable, it thereby is removed from the pale of the statute. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z It is notorious that no generally received rule of the law of nations exists for the interpretation of international treaties. The Future of International Law It was one of the recognized laws of nations that a newly discovered region belonged to the nation who had first raised upon it its flag. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series He began his treachery by the inhuman murders of two fathers of the Society whom their rank as ambassadors, which is so greatly respected by the law of nations, did not aid. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. By the common law of nations they were traitors; but they are still named and accounted 'patriots.' The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 Mr. Brady: "And offences against the law of nations." Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z As mentioned earlier, the law of nations was, until the first of the Peace Conferences, essentially a book-law. The Future of International Law Not that I greatly care, should you wish to violate the laws of nations and put me to death. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 It was Woodrow Wilson who wrote that principle into the law of nations, even though he failed to obtain a universal application of it. Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements By the law of nations the power of a country extends over the waters which bound it for three miles, the range of a cannon shot, as the old phrase runs. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 Mr. Evarts: It does not come under the law of nations as piracy, but under the general control of Congress over our citizens at sea. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z What natural law and natural law methods have done for the law of nations in the past stands high above all doubt, but they have lost their value and importance for present and future times. The Future of International Law No one was losing any sleep in those parts over the laws of nations, and the officer commanding the victorious enemy was in a hurry to be moving on. When the West Was Young It is a great evil even when just; it is a great evil even when carried on against a people who know and respect the laws of nations. Leading Articles on Various Subjects The Court having sent its officers to arrest them at the peril of the complainants, the Regency of Cleves, contrary to the law of nations, has refused to allow the arrest. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX Mr. Evarts: Yes, and is open always to the inquiry, what the law of nations is. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z As things are, there is scarcely a doctrine of the law of nations which is wholly free from the tyranny of phrases. The Future of International Law The reduction of the law of nations to a system was reserved for Grotius. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations Finally, the law of nations forbade the blockade of neutral ports in time of war. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War It came to us in good season, when the circumstances of a rising State make it necessary frequently to consult the law of nations. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX To be sure, the statute of Great Britain, literally construed, so provided, but the law of nations had supervened, and rendered that statute no longer applicable. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z In the first place, there is national chauvinism, to which the existence of a law of nations is hateful, and which represents unlimited national self-seeking. The Future of International Law The third brings me to the consideration of the law of nations, as it is now acknowledged in Christendom. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations Thus the Piedmontese army bombarded incessantly for twelve hours a defenceless town, in violation of the law of nations, and all sentiments of honor and humanity. Pius IX. And His Time On our voyage we captured a British privateer in company with a Venetian ship, of which she had made a prize, contrary to the laws of nations. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX The trial was in a Court known to and recognized by the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z In the second place, there is the fact that the political equilibrium, on which the whole law of nations rests, presents itself as a system liable to gradual as well as to sudden alteration. The Future of International Law We have no Greek or Roman treatise remaining on the law of nations. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations The Monroe Doctrine exists today with all the force of a law of nations, and no country of Europe has dared to dispute it. Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root It had not yet come to be the acknowledged law of nations that free ships make free goods. James Madison This is a rule never denied in the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions V. The next great division of the subject is the law of nations, strictly and properly so called. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations There is no special agreement needed in order to the existence of covenants by seals; it is an agreement which men are placed under by the laws of nations. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 The exercise of that right, if it were one by the recognized law of nations, would be of great injury to American commerce, unless it could be successfully resisted. James Madison There are circumstances in the history of every nation, when the law of nations supervenes upon the statutes and controls their literal interpretation. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z By means of it he imported into relations controlled by the law of nations his claim to give by virtue of his royal power a dispensation even from laws that had been passed by Parliament. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) The question now occurred to me, Would I not be justified by the law of nations in breaking the blockade? The Land of Thor I completed the memorial; and, believing that the Emperor was sincere, carefully set forward those principles of the law of nations which rendered the measure desirable, and the mutual concessions necessary for its accomplishment. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 The argument on slavery, deduced from the law of nations, we commend to the special attention of the candid reader. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Judge Nelson: The fifth section of the Act of March 3d, 1819, provides for piracy on the high seas according to the law of nations. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Again, do not those far-seeing philosophers who comprehend the wisdom, the beneficence, the morality of free trade urge this law of nations against the will and wishes of the victims of tariffs and protective duties? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II This is the source from which spring all civil laws and the laws of nations. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood They allow, that a vessel under their circumstances is to be considered as an enemy's, and that by the law of nations, they should be subject to seizure and confiscation. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI Believe me, ye great men of England, Scotland, Ireland and Berwick upon Tweed! that one chapter from the Law of Human Nature, is worth more than all your libraries on the law of nations. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Now, what are the conditions that the law of nations requires? Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The law of nations had been set at defiance, and the right of asylum under the British flag had been violated. Lord John Russell The naturalization treaties which he negotiated successively with Prussia and the other north German states were the first international recognition of the right of expatriation, a principle since incorporated in the law of nations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" But it offered no security against foreign invasion, for Congress could neither prevent nor conduct a war, nor punish infractions of treaties or of the law of nations, nor control particular states from provoking war. The Critical Period of American History Why then have recourse to books, or maritime laws, or written precedents?—In the code of the law of nations, you stand in need of an entirely New Chapter. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. I agree that there is still left, under the license and protection of the law of nations, the prosecution of hostilities on the high seas by privateers and private armed vessels. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z They appear to me to be totally unsupported by any principles of sound policy, or of the laws of nations. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII It contains, however, only the usual provisions of commercial treaties, founded on the law of nations, and I cannot see that it applies rigorously to the present case. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I For what is the law of nations but that which nature's light and reason hath taught so to all nations? The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) England has, from the beginning, blundered most wretchedly, for want of consulting the human heart, in preference to musty parchments; and the equally useless books on the law of nations. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. The right, also, constitutional or otherwise, has been strongly urged, and the law of nations and the commentaries of eminent publicists have been referred to as justifying the secession or revolt of these Confederate States. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z After the close of the war an European congress was to define more closely the law of nations and establish an European federation. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) For the laws of nations and the authority of the Portuguese flag that floated over the little town, they cared nothing. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 For my part, I take the law of nature and the law of nations to be one and the same. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Therefore, under the laws of nations, we are obliged to see to it that all caution is used to prevent the shipment of arms to revolutionists on the other side of the river. Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers Now, our Government has never departed from its purpose and its policy, to meliorate the law of nations, so as to extirpate this business of private war on the ocean. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z If his Oregon speech had shown thorough familiarity with the force and effect of treaties and the laws of nations, his tariff speech proved him a student of fiscal matters and a master of finance. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Commerce is a natural law of nations, by which they make common to all provinces what each one produces, grows, or manufactures—now by selling, now by exchanging. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century In the meantime, he employed himself with studying the law of nations, and amused his leisure hours with Coke and Blackstone. The Bertrams It is authorized by the law of nations if justice has been solemnly called for and denied. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The prohibition of coasting trade could be brought under the law of nations only by invoking the Rule of 1756, forbidding neutrals to undertake for a state at war employment denied to them in peace. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The same want of reciprocity, he said, prevailed in the portion of the treaty respecting neutral rights and the law of nations. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. They came home to Plymouth laden with spoil, gotten mainly by piracy and the breaking of the laws of nations. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea But when a British merchantman has mounted a gun in order to defend herself, she has been said to violate the law of nations. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War The law of nations gives to every belligerent cruiser the right of visitation and search of all merchant ships; wherefore, resistance to such search amounts to a forfeiture of neutrality. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. That this was illegal, judged by the law of nations, was also admitted; but it was justified by the natural right of retaliation. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The sanctuaries of Christendom would be safeguarded by assigning to them an extra-territorial status such as is well-known to the law of nations. The Jewish State Such a succession of events, fruitful in international controversies, created a demand for the study of the law of nations such as is always sure to be supplied. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 By all the laws of nations Germany and Austria ought then, if they had honestly believed their own story, to have declared war on Italy. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War Contraband is simply defined, "merchandise forbidden by the law of nations to be supplied to an enemy;" but it affords fat dodges to the admiralty court sharks. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Of this, coasting was a precise instance; but to call the Rule an acknowledged principle of the law of nations was an assumption peculiarly calculated to irritate Madison, who had expended reams in refutation. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 He was informed he had forfeited, by the law of nations, his immunities, and was required to confine himself to his house. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Hence the necessity for prize courts, acting under admiralty law and the law of nations. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents He broke no law of nations if, without notice, cause or provocation, he made war upon his neighbor in an attempt to conquer and subdue additional territory. America First Patriotic Readings He had done nothing but his duty and the law of nations would have justified him. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy Did you complain, that the law of nations, and the first rights of nature, had been violated in respect to me? Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II This commander, in time of peace, insisted on a right to visit those ports which the Spaniards had closed, which, by the law of nations, is piracy. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges We claim that the right to hold slaves is a natural right, recognized by the law of nations, and of the world. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 This important discovery, it was claimed, gave to the French, according to the received law of nations, the whole valley of the Mississippi and its tributaries, however great that valley might prove to be. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago The first news of this great discovery was accompanied by the strongest evidence of Australian loyalty to the common law of nations. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Florentinus defined slavery as "a custom of the law of nations by which one man, contrary to the law of nature, is subjected to the dominion of another." Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Six hundred thousand men were arrayed to crush an upstart monarchy, and an unprincipled king, who had trampled on all the laws of nations and all the principles of justice. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The question was ultimately referred to the Emperor of Russia, who decided that property in slaves must be recognized by the law of nations, and sustained our view. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 According to the then existing law of nations, the whole valley of the Mississippi was annexed to France. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago The act, besides being a gross violation of the law of nations, was an exhibition of sheer brutal spite, such as civilized war seldom witnessed until Prussia took a hand in it. A History of the United States Is this the law of nations, thou herald, as thou takest it to be? Stories From Livy He acted upon the theory that by the law of nations any citizen of one land making war upon another land, the two being at peace, becomes an outlaw. History of the United States, Volume 3 These are attributes of sovereignty, as laid down by writers upon the laws of nations, and recognized as such by the civilized world. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Abraham had slaves, and St. Paul established rules for those whom the laws of nations reduced to that state.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy To constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court: to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. Diary in America, Series Two It is, of course, to be conducted in accordance with the laws of nations and of civilized warfare. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy For, though in strictness the law of nations exempts from foreign jurisdiction the ambassador alone, yet in practice the exemption has extended to the whole of the ambassador's suite. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition It was not to be presumed that the legislature would intentionally violate the law of nations. Union and Democracy Mr. Bryan replied to the memorandum on April 21, insisting that the United States was preserving her strict status of neutrality according to the accepted laws of nations. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Our relations with Great Britain and her colonies rest upon treaties, and the general law of nations, which, it is believed, her Majesty’s Governor in Chief of Lower Canada can neither enlarge nor restrict. Diary in America, Series Two But laws are only binding upon sovereigns in the ordinary course of things, and the most rigid writers on the law of nations acknowledge this principle. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I They are acquainted with the principles of the law of nations. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time As slavery was prohibited under Mexican law, this territory must by the law of nations remain free until slavery was, by positive enactment, authorized therein. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The New York Times said that Germany's request was "to suspend the law of nations, the laws of war and of humanity for her benefit." New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 The law of nations treats such a war as a contest between two separate powers, to be governed by the laws of war. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Therefore Hanun had not only done an insolent, and utterly blackguard trick, but he had gone against one of the first laws of nations. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year Attila was aware of the conspiracy, and showed his knowledge of it; but, from respect for the law of nations and of hospitality, he spared the guilty instruments or authors. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Among its members the laws of nations are in full force and obligation, except as altered or modified by the compact, etc. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens That wouldn’t be agen’ the law of nations, would it, Mr Terence?” Paddy Finn The evil spirit of the Papacy has intruded into every place; into the councils of kings, into the laws of nations, into the births, marriages, and deaths of the people. The Parables of Our Lord Before Genet had presented his credentials, Washington and Jefferson had framed and issued a declaration of neutrality forbidding American citizens to violate the law of nations by giving aid to either side. The Wars Between England and America He knew the necessity for some substitute, even a substitute so imperfect as the law of nations. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 This was in full accordance, therefore, with the law of nations and the sacred law of nature. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 By the law of nations and the doctrines of all writers on such law, you are not justified until you have tried every possible method of obtaining redress in a peaceable manner. The Rose of Old St. Louis Gallatin laid down also the law of search in accordance with the law of nations, and pointed out that resistance to search or capture by merchantmen would not only lead to war, but was war. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Accordingly, it would seem to be chiefly a question of the unlawful use of these missiles, repulsive to the laws of nations, by bicycle and scout corps. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 "Every right, by the law of nations," replied Foote; "every right, as the first discoverer." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The law of nations regarding the prisoners of war. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 I say there is no such thing as an exemption from the right of search by the laws of nations, and I challenge and defy the gentleman to produce the proof. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Bonds are required in cases of letter of marque, and the merchant who arms is bound not to break the laws of nations or the agreements of treaties. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations; 11. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Whether the war be servile, civil, or foreign, I lay this down as the law of nations. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series The arbitrator found, however, that by the law of nations the courts of Hayti had no jurisdiction of the case. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 Yes; and to search British vessels, too, that have been declared to be pirates by the laws of nations, pirates by the laws of Great Britain, pirates by the laws of the United States. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Mr. Gallatin's view was practically applied in the cases named, and later in the annexation of Texas, although he disapproved of the latter as contrary to good faith and the law of nations. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII The law of nations, designed to preserve peace among mankind, was unknown to the ancients. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) It is a law of nations from which they never deviate. Candide "It is undeniable," said Justice Strong, "that none of them were piratical in view of the law of nations." Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 And the Supreme Court of the United States, in their decisions of prize cases brought before them, sustained us in doing so, and said it was lawful according to the laws of nations. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. The determining cause was the enforcement of the right of search and the impressment of seamen from American vessels; a practice at variance with the rights and the law of nations. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Meanwhile Germany had declined to recognize the laws of nations which allowed America to sell munitions to the Allies. Winning a Cause World War Stories To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high-seas, and offenses against the law of nations. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government On that occasion Mr. Webster claimed that the Emperor of Russia was "bound by the law of nations"; and to that declaration Kossuth often referred. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 Is this the infringer of human treaties and the violator of the law of nations? The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 But the law of nations for more than two centuries has sanctioned the carrying of defensive armament by merchant-ships, and precisely because they might need it to protect themselves against pirates. Fighting For Peace They openly denied, however, the claim of dominion in the seas beyond the friths, bays, and shores; and it may be questioned whether the laws of nations warrant any further pretensions. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Under the laws of nations, separate governments when at war blockade each other's ports. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government That he exaggerated the scope of what is called the law of nations there can be no doubt. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 The traitors being immediately thrown into chains, a little doubt was entertained respecting the ambassadors, and though they deserved to be considered as enemies, the law of nations however prevailed. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 First, the law of nations should not and could not be changed in the midst of a war to suit the need of one of the parties. Fighting For Peace This army not only seized a great portion of our territory, but it committed incredible acts of violence, the nature of which is contrary to the laws of nations. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights What this celebrated author means here by a person, is explained by a subsequent passage: "The law of nations is the law of sovereigns; states free and independent are moral persons." The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Whereupon that potentate declared that, being refused civil justice, he "fell back on the law of nations." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. We are supposed to take judicial cognizance of all questions of international law, of treaties, of prize laws, and of the law of nations generally. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O No nation has a right to commission its officers to violate the law of nations. Fighting For Peace Officials of her Government, received as the guests of this nation, lived with us to bribe and terrorize, defying our law and the law of nations. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Even now, many people know of no law of nations but that which consists in contracts and conventions; and with the people of the East there were none. Lectures on Modern history It is so laid down by the best writers on the law of nations. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 In the particular character of the war, and in the general expressions of some approved modern writers on the law of nations, the British government sought a justification of this strong measure. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States But how was the law of nations to be enforced? The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator We have thus been the leading champion of the rights and duties of neutrals, and the principles for which we have contended have been written into the modern law of nations. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy Such proceedings by the laws of nations are undoubtedly piratical in their nature. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 The law of nations seems of itself to presuppose a tribunal of nations with coextensive jurisdiction. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 The law of nations shall be founded on a federation of free States. With Our Soldiers in France And this rude notion of justice develops, little by little, into the great edifice of jurisprudence, the law of nation and the law of nations. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 As long as our Government fulfilled its obligations as defined by the law of nations, no charge of a violation of neutrality could be justly made. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy Yes; no doubt by the letter of the law of nations Drake and Hawkins were corsairs of the same stuff as Ulysses, as the rovers of Norway. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 At peace themselves with all the world, their established policy, and the obligations of the laws of nations, preclude them from becoming voluntary auxiliaries to a cause which would involve them in war. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States History shows us that, according to the general law of nations, merchant vessels have never been justified in resisting the exercise by warships of the right of taking prizes. In the World War The cattlemen had taken care of themselves after a code not honored by the law of nations. The Freebooters of the Wilderness In fact, the Constitution of the United States expressly recognizes the binding force of the law of nations and of treaties. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy There he claimed, in a high tone, the protection of the law of nations, which, he said, was violated in his person. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 In these articles, he pointed out, with great clearness, the principles of the law of nations applicable to the situation of the country in the neutral line of policy which had been wisely adopted. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States I lay this down as the law of nations. The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power For under this law he includes the "law of nations," so called, because, as he says, "nearly all nations use it." Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The Twelve Tables — Symbolic process — Formalism — Jurisprudence — The prætor's edict — Civil law and the law of nations — Written reason. History Of Ancient Civilization The law of nations in these matters, upon which the Government of the United States based its protest, is not of recent origin or founded upon merely arbitrary principles set up by convention. President Wilson's Addresses A ship-load of negroes had been stolen from Africa, contrary to the law of nations, of humanity and of God, and surreptitiously smuggled, in the night, into the Island of Cuba. Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States Some offence against the law of nations was always happening there. Andrew Marvell Therefore the law of nations is not contained under positive human law, but rather under natural law. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition This violation of the law of nations aroused the fury of the Iroquois, and two missionaries, Father Lamberville and Millet, though entirely innocent of this crime, escaped torture only with difficulty. The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations; 11. History of the United States To the security which the law of nations gives to such vessels against all nations, are added particular stipulations with three of the belligerent powers. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 The fourth article gives to the consuls the immunities of the law of nations. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Fabius was accused of having done all the harm by having broken the law of nations, but he was spared at the entreaty of his friends. Young Folks' History of Rome She has violated the law of nations; for yesterday she inveigled my own natural cully from me, a married lord, and made him false to my bed, father. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 These submarines doubly break the laws of nations. The Summons If the neutral power may not, consistent with its neutrality, furnish men to either party, for their aid in war, as little can either enrol them in the neutral territory by the law of nations. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 The seventh, eighth, tenth, and fourteenth articles extend their pre-eminences far beyond those, which the laws of nations would have given. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Germany has since the beginning of the war employed dumdum bullets, and has daily committed violations of the laws of nations. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? Every thing was violated in this single action: the European law of nations, the constitution such as it then existed, public shame, humanity, and religion. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. If we triumph, we shall have all the rights which, by the laws of nations, belong to conquerors in a just war. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Another source of complaint with Mr. Genet has been, that the English take French goods out of American vessels, which he says is against the law of nations, and ought to be prevented by us. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Where are they, and how have they fared, that you dare appeal to the law of nations, or he to the loyalty of Biron? Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France The information on which the German Government believes today that it can base its contention that the Belgian population contravenes the law of nations and is not worthy of respect is absolutely unfounded. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? "To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations." Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader In that jurisprudence were contained the elements and principles of the law of nations, the great ligament of mankind. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) As far as it has been introduced, it depends on the treaties stipulating it, and forms exceptions, in special cases, to the general operation of the law of nations. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 It is a violation of the law of nations to persuade those subjects to revolt who actually obey their sovereign, though they complain of his government. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Contrarily to the law of nations, which protects ambassadors and their escort, the crew was torn limb from limb, and an outrage thus committed which Cambyses was justified in punishing with extreme severity. Ancient Egypt We shall only observe that those who would study the law of nations cannot read this book too often: they will find in it the most agreeable learning joined to the strongest reasoning. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works They have not only annulled all their old treaties, but they have renounced the law of nations, from whence treaties have their force. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) You know that by the law of nations, consuls are not diplomatic characters, and have no immunities whatever against the laws of the land. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 This admission of a false principle in the law of nations brought them into an apparent contradiction, when they insisted on the reëstablishment of the royal authority in France. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) I purpose to show that the German armies cannot altogether escape the reproach of violating on occasion the law of nations. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 It is proved in the eighth, that by the law of nations the commerce between nations is free, and cannot be prohibited without injustice. The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works It has ever been the method of public jurists to draw a great part of the analogies on which they form the law of nations from the principles of law which prevail in civil community. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Dear Sir, I was in the moment of my departure from Philadelphia, for Virginia, when I received your favor, inquiring how far the law of nations is to govern in proceedings respecting foreign consuls. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 The law of nations leaves our court open to its choice. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) It is not true that we are making war in contempt of the law of nations, nor that our soldiers are committing acts of cruelty, or of insubordination, or indiscipline.... New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 The Constitution of the United States now requires, and gives Congress express power, to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the laws of nations. American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) The best writers on the law of nations give no sort of countenance to his doctrine of non-interference, in the extent and manner in which he used it, even when there is no war. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) To these principles of the law of nations Mr. Genet answers, by calling them 'diplomatic subtleties,' and 'aphorisms of Vattel and others.' Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 But the powers of war are all regulated by the laws of nations, and are subject to no other limitation. American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) The next clause grants to congress the power "to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations." The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. I write to acquaint you with my dissatisfaction with England, who violates every article of the law of nations and has no guide but her egotism and her interest. The Empire of Russia What crimes have been committed here against humanity or the law of nations? A Century of Wrong This article is so manifestly contrary to the law of nations, that nothing more would seem necessary than to observe that it is so. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 International law was taught by the Page 210 president; and by him also the Chinese were supplied with their first text-books on the law of nations. The Awakening of China Nor were offenses against the law of nations more clearly defined: therefore the power to define these are with equal propriety given to congress. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. By the laws of nations, foreign ministers in all countries enjoy many rights and privileges not accorded to other foreign persons. Elements of Civil Government The law of nations is an arbitrary arrangement, founded on the law of nature and the law of revelation: its perfection depends obviously on its correspondence with the divine law. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 The law of nations does not of itself extend to consuls at all. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Within the last three or four centuries, essential improvement in the law of nations has been made. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. International law, often called the law of nations, consists of the rules and customs prevailing between civilized nations in their relations with one another. Elements of Civil Government The Right of Search was the acknowledged law of nations all round the world; and surrender on this point meant death to the Empire they were bound to guard. The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 The law of nations, therefore, respecting the rights of those at peace, does not require from them such an internal derangement in their occupations. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 The law of nations neither prohibits the acts in question nor prescribes penalties to be incurred by the doers of them. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) So an important part of the law of nations necessarily consists of positive institutions. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations; Clause 11. Elements of Civil Government According to this writer, it appears that neither the laws of nations, nor the rules of good breeding, were respected by this very important being, "vain of his authority." A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The alien investment in South America may involve all sorts of political complications which would give European or Asiatic Powers a justifiable right under the law of nations to interfere. The Promise of American Life The Declaration of Paris is neither implicitly nor explicitly adopted by the Declaration of London, "as a part of the common law of nations which can no longer be disputed." Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) Hence some writers have divided international law under these two principal heads: the natural law of nations, and the positive. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. In the heat of his resentment he even violated the laws of nations, and put to death the heralds who announced to him the resolutions of the diet and delivered the ban of the empire. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) We believed that commission was sent to ascertain what points should be submitted to arbitration, to be decided by the principles of the law of nations. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) The law of nations is founded upon reason and justice, and the rules of conduct governing individual relations between citizens or subjects of a civilized state are equally applicable as between enlightened nations. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland We are well aware of the imperfect means of causing its decrees to be respected and carried out which are at the disposal of the law of nations. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) The positive law of nations is founded on usage or custom and agreement, and may be considered as properly divided into the customary law of nations, and the conventional. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. That the law of nations, to prevent prisoners being put to death, has allowed them to be made slaves…. The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping We had not the slightest idea that that commission was sent with power and instructions to alter the law of nations itself. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) It followed that the South "might by the law of nations arm privateers," and that these "must be regarded as the armed vessels of a belligerent." Great Britain and the American Civil War Every State, even the most powerful, will gain sensibly in honour with God and man if it is found to be faithful and sincere in respect and obedience to the law of nations. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) Why also the power to define and punish offenses against the law of nations? The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. The law of nations has not even stopped at the points already stated; it proceeds further. The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping Napoleon, after all, waged his wars with us according to the laws of nations, the rules of civilised peoples, and the dictates of decent humanity. The Glory of English Prose Letters to My Grandson Under these circumstances it is expedient to consider what is required on this subject by the general law of nations. Great Britain and the American Civil War It is hardly necessary to say that non-compliance with the provisions of the Declaration of Paris by a non-signatory carries with it none of the consequences of a breach of the law of nations. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) In its present improved state, the law of nations has not long existed. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. The capture or destruction of private property is necessary to that end, and is allowed in maritime wars, by the practice and law of nations. The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping Now "slavery belongs to the law of nations," as Isidore states. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching This is a vicious and fatal system, and contrary to all the laws of nations. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Compromise between opposing political interests must ever remain one of the most important factors in the development of the law of nations. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) And as the light and power of Christianity shall increase, the law of nations will undergo still further improvements. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Earl Russell having decided to disregard these plain principles of the laws of nations, and to go behind my commission, let us see what he next decides. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Other parts of the law of nations, the maritime law especially, require improvement. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Under the treaty with Spain of 1795, as well as by the law of nations, our vessels will be liable to visit on the high seas. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant They knew nothing of the laws of nations, and did not yet realize that they had a country and a nationality; but they had the instincts of all great conquering races. George Washington, Volume II The law of nature applied to nations or states as moral persons, is called the natural law of nations. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Gentlemen, the Emperor of Russia holds himself to be bound by the law of nations, from the fact that he negotiates with civilized nations, and that he forms alliances and treaties with them. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style This, however, could not be granted: he had been taken and condemned as a spy, and the laws of nations had established the manner of his death. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 480, March 12, 1831 The municipal laws enacted by Congress then and since have been but declarations of the law of nations. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant "It is the law of nations," he declared, "no use denying it, Miss Windham." Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts It is also called the necessary law of nations, because nations are morally bound to observe it; and sometimes the internal law of nations, from its being binding on the conscience. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. In these applications, and in the manner in which they were viewed by the President, there was nothing unusual; still less was there any thing unauthorized by the law of nations. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style The laws of nations were on their side. The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days It was, however, not contrary to justice; for justice in this case must be measured by the law of nations. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) Volume II That meaning is derived from the laws of nations, a code which is recognized by all civilized powers as being obligatory in a state of war. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk A conventional law of nations is one that has been established by a treaty or league. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Mr. Hülsemann will observe from this statement, that Mr. Mann's mission was wholly unobjectionable, and strictly within the rule of the law of nations and the duty of the United States as a neutral power. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Give us in the National Constitution the simple acknowledgment of the law of God as the supreme law of nations, and all the results indicated in this note will ultimately be secured. The United States in the Light of Prophecy It was a mere allusion to that, which was done contrary to the law of nations, which was the only measure of justice between states. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) Volume II But these are not the only modes of prosecuting war which are recognized by the laws of nations and to which he is authorized to resort. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk Hence, there may be, according to the law of nations, just cause of war, when it would be inexpedient to involve the nation in such a calamity. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. And I see that this demand is made in derision of the established law of nations. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style By the law of nations, the taking of goods by piracy does not divest the actual owner of them. The Pirates Own Book Is it not shocking that the law of nations, and the law of politeness, should not yet have abrogated the laws of justice and good-sense in a nation reckoned so civilised as the Chinese? Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II The mode of levying contributions must necessarily be left to the discretion of the conqueror, subject to be exercised, however, in conformity with the laws of nations. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk But to justify reprisals by the law of nations, the grounds upon which they are authorized must be just and well ascertained. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Intrusted with the care of his country's interests he is willing to overlook the offence against her, under the law of nations, to deprive the enemy of doing so much harm. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet Nothing was more opposed to the common law of nations and to the feudal spirit, often grasping, but noble at bottom. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 If you are so old-style as to ask how we came to take possession, I answer, by the new law of nations; by the law by which Poland was divided. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II The right in both cases exists under the laws of nations. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk Stratagems and deceit to obtain advantage of an enemy, are, to some extent, justified by the law of nations; but in general they are dishonorable and wrong. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. That would be in the teeth of the law of nations, Signorina, and a blot on Tuscan civilization. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet A Concise history of the law of nations.. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 July - December The Subjects of a modern law of nations. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1974 January - June The power is derived from the Constitution and the manner of exercising it is regulated by the laws of nations. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk To this end, the capture or destruction of private property is necessary, and is justified by the law of nations. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Then there came letters from the mother, one letter hot upon the other, all appealing to those texts in Scripture by which the laws of nations are supposed to be supported. John Caldigate In buying and selling, the law of nations connives at some cunning and overreaching in respect of the price. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 543, Saturday, April 21, 1832. The law of nations, says Baron Montesquieu, has doomed prisoners to slavery, to prevent their being slain; the Roman civil law permitted debtors, whom their creditors might treat ill, to sell themselves. Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants An Inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave Trade, Its Nature and Lamentable Effects Congress prescribed no mode of conducting it, but left the President to prosecute it according to the laws of nations as his guide. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk For what reasons do some writers divide it into the natural and positive laws of nations? The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Under the strict law of nations, all the property of an enemy may be seized. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and offenses against the law of nations; 11. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins There were certain substances which were called "contraband of war" and which, according to the law of nations, might be seized by one country if they were the property of her enemy. The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe The distinction between natural and conventional law which has been already mentioned, finds place within both: the positive law of persons is called jus civile, and the positive law of nations, jus gentium voluntarium. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time The country where this outrage upon the law of nations was committed is populous. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren Saunders, commandant of Georgetown, had agreed to, but contrary to the law of nations, he has been seized and detained as a prisoner. A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade But the count of Vermandois was produced as a captive; his foremost vessels were scattered by a tempest; and his person, against the law of nations, was detained by the lieutenants of Alexius. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 The law of nations and of religious worship, which Numa introduced, was derived from his nocturnal converse with the nymph Egeria. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Posthumius turned round to the multitude, and held up the gown, as if appealing to the universal law of nations. Lays of Ancient Rome All this was in direct and flagrant violation of the express laws of the United States, as well as of the law of nations. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren This royal tiger, secure in his jungle, was now crouching to spring upon what he deemed defenceless prey; but, while reasoning about the law of nations, Saunders had the folly to send out Capt. A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade The articles of capitulation, the laws of nations, private treaty, the dictates of humanity and religion, were all equally set at naught. The Life of Francis Marion These fugitives, who fled before the Turkish arms, passed the Tanais and Borysthenes, and boldly advanced into the heart of Poland and Germany, violating the law of nations, and abusing the rights of victory. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 On the contrary, in proportion as nations become more like each other, they become reciprocally more compassionate, and the law of nations is mitigated. Democracy in America — Volume 2 He violated international ethics, and for the laws of nations he substituted his own. Arizona Nights The law of nations, as we have seen, was often on the lips of Balfour, and here was a case which came clearly within that code. A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade Civilians make sepulture but of the law of nations, others do naturally found it and discover it also in animals. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend Sain was flayed alive, according to the inhuman practice of his country; and the separate and rigorous confinement of the ambassadors violated the law of nations, and the faith of an express stipulation. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 In accordance with the law of nations adopted in civilized countries, the object of wars is not to seize the property of private individuals, but simply to get possession of political power. Democracy in America — Volume 2 These are axioms which the civil law and the law of nations deny!..... What is Property? S. latitude, and 20 geographical miles inland, including ``the islands belonging thereto by the law of nations.'' The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I think it so particularly in cases which concern the public peace with foreign nations that is, in most cases where the question turns wholly on the laws of nations. The Federalist Papers By the law of nations, I am already your slave, and I have only my heart, that is my own, to offer you. The Arabian Nights I do not believe in perpetual peace, nor in the absolute rule of the law of nations as affecting the rivalries of governments and the facts of history. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. Her pretensions were justified by universal custom and the law of nations. What is Property? Erroneous in principle, as piracy is a crime against the law of nations, and it is not legal for any one community to widen, or narrow, the action of international law. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast If you have picked up any hints among your lawyers, who are great masters of the law of nations, or if your own mind suggests any thing, let me know. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 This leaves many questions undetermined, except so far as they are settled by the law of nations and the laws of war, so far as my authority extends. Report on the Condition of the South Will the Powers, who have hitherto proclaimed their neutrality, assist her by assisting to maintain the European policy of peace and the law of nations? Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. Almost all these questions are connected with the interpretation of the law of nations; and in this respect they essentially interest the Union in relation to foreign powers. American Institutions and Their Influence This gross violation of the laws of nations and the principles of justice furnished one of the strongest motives for the war which was declared in 1812. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale The valiant Captain interprets the law of nations, as sovereign powers are wont to do, to suit his advantage in the special case. Among My Books First Series The law of nations was, in fact, set at naught by all the Belligerent Powers; in most cases the weakest went to the wall. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 For many years she sustained in Europe, by war, the policy of respect for the laws of nations; will she not uphold it to-day by peace? Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. Cato insisted that Caesar had massacred a defenceless people in a time of truce, that he had broken the law of nations, and that he ought to be given up to the Germans. Caesar: a Sketch Those public robbers, instead of being taken and tried by the laws of England, were treated with great civility and friendship, in violation of the laws of nations. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Laws religiously observed by common enemies, you have profaned; violated the sacred privileges, and persons of Ambassadors; broken the laws of nations. The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola There was no safety in neutral territories, nor any safeguard in the hitherto acknowledged law of nations. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 And when the Archduke declined with dignity to be guilty of any such breach of the law of nations, Henry dispatched Coeuvres secretly to Brussels to carry off thence the princess. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series The English were no longer held to have issued a proclamation without due grounds in usage or the law of nations. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form From this place of rendezvous a crew of desperate pirates had been accustomed to push out to sea, and, in defiance of the laws of nations, to obstruct navigation. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Franklin Pierce's father was captain of a militia company in 1798, when war was declared against the French Directory, for seizing and confiscating American merchant ships, contrary to the law of nations. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne The English Ministers violated every known and heretofore received principle of the law of nations. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 Upon this point let me fortify myself once more, by reference to the acknowledged law of nations. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 The embassador insisting on the privileges which those of his function claimed from the law of nations, refused to deliver them up. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 What makes them ready just now to risk honour, justice, even the common law of nations and humanity, in the struggle for new slave territory? Two Years Ago, Volume I To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court, to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the laws of nations; Tenth. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe Your good general refused to admit into his camp ambassadors coming from allies and in behalf of allies, and set at nought the law of nations. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 New principles, too, have been interpolated into the law of nations, founded neither in justice nor the usage or acknowledgment of nations. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson The traitors were immediately thrown into prison: some doubt was entertained concerning the treatment of the ambassadors, and though their conduct seemed to justify their being considered as enemies, the law of nations nevertheless prevailed. Roman History, Books I-III For their envoys, who had violated the law of nations, and had therefore deserved punishment, they had on the contrary treated with honour. Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius In fighting for Belgium we fight for the law of nations; that is, ultimately, for the peace of all nations and for the right of the weaker to exist. Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) What is the recognized law of nations in regard to the payment of the debts of a nation when it changes its form of government? Studies in Civics Gentlemen, the law of nations, upon which you have raised the lofty hall of your independence, does not exist any more. Select Speeches of Kossuth What did a British captain mean by violating the law of nations? At Last In his "Contrat Social" Rousseau appealed to consciousness, rather than to authorities or the laws of nations. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders As an independent state she is bound by the elementary principle of the law of nations, that a neutral state is bound to refuse to grant a right of passage to a belligerent. Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) |
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