The American Journal of International Law, Volume 13American Society of International Law, 1919 - Electronic journals The American Journal of International Law has been published quarterly since 1907 and is considered the premier English-language scholarly journal in its field. It features scholarly articles and editorials, notes and comment by preeminent scholars on developments in international law and international relations, and reviews of contemporary developments. The Journal contains summaries of decisions by national and international courts and arbitral and other tribunals, and of contemporary U.S. practice in international law. Each issue lists recent publications in English and other languages, many of which are reviewed in depth. Throughout its history, and particularly during first sixty years, the Journal has published full-text primary materials of particular importance in the field of international law. The contents of the current issue of the Journal are available on the ASIL web site. |
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... by a Belgian subject on the person of another Belgian subject on board of a Belgian vessel lying in the port of Jersey City , 2 120 U. S. 1 . New Jersey . In the following excerpt from the opinion THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF STATES 5.
... by a Belgian subject on the person of another Belgian subject on board of a Belgian vessel lying in the port of Jersey City , 2 120 U. S. 1 . New Jersey . In the following excerpt from the opinion THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF STATES 5.
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... opinion of the court reference was made to the well known case of The Exchange , in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the public armed vessels of a foreign nation may , upon principles of comity , enter the harbors ...
... opinion of the court reference was made to the well known case of The Exchange , in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the public armed vessels of a foreign nation may , upon principles of comity , enter the harbors ...
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... opinion rendered by him in this case , said : It is undoubtedly the general rule that the courts of this country are without jurisdiction to entertain , except by consent , either an action in personam against our own government or that ...
... opinion rendered by him in this case , said : It is undoubtedly the general rule that the courts of this country are without jurisdiction to entertain , except by consent , either an action in personam against our own government or that ...
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... opinion in the case of The Maipo is evidently in harmony with the decision in the Parlement Belge , and with the general trend of American and British cases involving questions with regard to the immunity of government owned property.22 ...
... opinion in the case of The Maipo is evidently in harmony with the decision in the Parlement Belge , and with the general trend of American and British cases involving questions with regard to the immunity of government owned property.22 ...
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... opinion that the effect was not to abrogate the old English rule . Our view , he said , is that Article 23 ( h ) , read with the governing Article 1 of the Convention , has a very different and a very impor- tant effect , and that the ...
... opinion that the effect was not to abrogate the old English rule . Our view , he said , is that Article 23 ( h ) , read with the governing Article 1 of the Convention , has a very different and a very impor- tant effect , and that the ...
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Page 646 - To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be under the sovereignty of the States which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world...
Page 227 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 159 - The evacuation of all Russian territory, and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest co-operation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination of her own political development and national policy, and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing, and more than a welcome, assistance also of every kind that...
Page 493 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 238 - It would not be contended that it > extends so far as to authorize what the constitution forbids, or a change in the character of the government, or in that of one of the states, or a cession of any portion of the territory of the latter without its consent. But with these exceptions it is not perceived that there is any limit to the questions which can be adjusted touching any matter which is properly the subject of negotiation with a foreign country.
Page 279 - An independent Polish State should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.
Page 449 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants.
Page 353 - The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution; and their success must often depend on secrecy: and even when brought to a conclusion, a full disclosure of all the measures, demands, or eventual concessions, which may have been proposed or contemplated, would be extremely impolitic: for this might have a pernicious influence on future negotiations; or produce immediate inconveniences, perhaps danger and mischief, in relation to other powers.
Page 243 - Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Page 301 - An Act to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto; and to promote safety at sea", approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat.