Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1866 - Law |
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... Neutrals 1. Neutrals must be impartial 2. Neutral territory inviolable . 3. Enemy's property in neutral vessels . 4. Neutral property in an enemy's vessel . ― Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade 1. Contraband of war 2. Blockades . 3 ...
... Neutrals 1. Neutrals must be impartial 2. Neutral territory inviolable . 3. Enemy's property in neutral vessels . 4. Neutral property in an enemy's vessel . ― Of Restrictions upon Neutral Trade 1. Contraband of war 2. Blockades . 3 ...
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... neutral power . Mr. Ward enumerates five institutions , existing about the period of the 11th century , which made a deep impression upon Europe , and contributed , in a very essential degree , to improve the law of nations . ( b ) ...
... neutral power . Mr. Ward enumerates five institutions , existing about the period of the 11th century , which made a deep impression upon Europe , and contributed , in a very essential degree , to improve the law of nations . ( b ) ...
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... neutral rights to exact , and neutral duties to perform , in the course of our Medi- terranean trade , and in the trade to the Brazils , and along the shores of the Pacific . A comprehensive and scientific knowledge of international law ...
... neutral rights to exact , and neutral duties to perform , in the course of our Medi- terranean trade , and in the trade to the Brazils , and along the shores of the Pacific . A comprehensive and scientific knowledge of international law ...
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... neutral , and to allow to each of the belligerent parties the same rights of asylum and hospitality , and to consider them , in respect to the neutral relation and duties of the United States , as equally entitled to the sove- ( b ) ...
... neutral , and to allow to each of the belligerent parties the same rights of asylum and hospitality , and to consider them , in respect to the neutral relation and duties of the United States , as equally entitled to the sove- ( b ) ...
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... neutral immunity should correspond with the claims maintained by Great Britain around her own territory , and that no belligerent right should be exercised within " the chambers formed by headlands , or anywhere at sea within the ...
... neutral immunity should correspond with the claims maintained by Great Britain around her own territory , and that no belligerent right should be exercised within " the chambers formed by headlands , or anywhere at sea within the ...
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Page 104 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
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