Reports on the Law of Civil Government in Territory Subject to Military Occupation by the Military Forces of the United States: Submitted to Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 - 808 páginas |
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... established to deal with conditions resulting from successful invasion . As a result of that invasion the prior sovereignty had been expelled and the instru- ments and agencies of that sovereignty for the performance of the functions of ...
... established to deal with conditions resulting from successful invasion . As a result of that invasion the prior sovereignty had been expelled and the instru- ments and agencies of that sovereignty for the performance of the functions of ...
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... established over New Mexico and California * * by virtue of the rights of war ceased to derive any obligatory force from that source of authority . ( Message to Congress , December 5 , 1848 ; see Ex . Doc . No. 1 , p . 12 , Thirtieth ...
... established over New Mexico and California * * by virtue of the rights of war ceased to derive any obligatory force from that source of authority . ( Message to Congress , December 5 , 1848 ; see Ex . Doc . No. 1 , p . 12 , Thirtieth ...
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... established in California was not authorized by the laws of the United States or the laws of nations . In the opinion the court say ( p . 515 ) : Neither the President nor any military officer can establish a court in a conquered ...
... established in California was not authorized by the laws of the United States or the laws of nations . In the opinion the court say ( p . 515 ) : Neither the President nor any military officer can establish a court in a conquered ...
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... established . Whether the action then taken was , in all respects , warranted by the Constitution it is not now necessary to determine . The power exercised by the President was supposed , doubtless , to be derived from his ...
... established . Whether the action then taken was , in all respects , warranted by the Constitution it is not now necessary to determine . The power exercised by the President was supposed , doubtless , to be derived from his ...
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... establishing a permanent civil government in Porto Rico . The authority necessarily to be exercised in accomplishing ... established does not cease as a matter of course or as a consequence of the restoration of peace ; that , on the ...
... establishing a permanent civil government in Porto Rico . The authority necessarily to be exercised in accomplishing ... established does not cease as a matter of course or as a consequence of the restoration of peace ; that , on the ...
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Página 86 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 42 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Página 472 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Página 157 - But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become a rule for the
Página 371 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 329 - British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) ; and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Página 32 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Página 94 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Página 522 - And as the Island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property.
Página 68 - Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the states through their union under the Constitution, but it may...