Handbook of International Law

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West, 1910 - 623 páginas

This book is a primer on the principles of international law and their application in the modern world. Wilson covers topics such as diplomatic relations, war, and human rights. His clear, concise style and practical examples make this volume a valuable resource for students and practitioners alike.

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Executive Power in the States
11
Judicial Powers in the States
12
Legislative Power in the States
13
The Police Power
14
Force of International Law 1517
15
The Right of Eminent Domain
16
Municipal Corporations
17
Civil Rights and Their Protection by the Constitution
18
PERSONS IN INTERNATIONAL
19
Constitutional Guaranties in Criminal Cases
20
CHAPTER I
21
Definition of State 2224
22
Actions against Executors and Administrators
23
Acquisition of International Status 2425
24
Evidence and Costs
25
Recognition of International Status 2631
26
Unneutral Service
27
Prize
28
Persons Having Limited Status
31
States Outside the Family of Nations
32
Members of Political Unions 3335
33
Protected States 3539
35
Belligerents
39
Recognition of Belligerency 4043
40
Insurgents 4349
43
Loss or Modification of Status 4952
49
CHAPTER II
55
CHAPTER III
76
29
85
CHAPTER IV
91
Vessels
120
Part III
125
INTERCOURSE OF STATES
155
Diplomatic Agents
161
60
168
Diplomatic Functions
177
Appointment and Reception of Consuls
185
Interpretation
201
Operation of a Treaty
207
Continuation
213
Good Offices and Mediation
219
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CHAPTER X
241
Date of Commencement 248249
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CHAPTER XII
254
Neutral Obligation of Toleration 262263
262
Civil Rights and Remedies During War 270272
270
Neutral Individuals
277
CHAPTER XIV
278
Movable Public Property 279281
279
Property of Municipalities and Institutions
281
Movable Property of Military Use 282283
282
Private Property in Enemy Jurisdiction 283284
283
Booty
284
CHAPTER XV
285
Goods
286

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Página 70 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Página 56 - Every sovereign State is bound to respect the independence of every other sovereign State, and the courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another done within its own territory.
Página 61 - The Contracting Powers agree not to have recourse to armed force for the recovery of contract debts claimed from the Government of one country by the Government of another country as being due to its nationals. This undertaking is, however, not applicable when the debtor State refuses or neglects to reply to an offer of arbitration, or, after accepting the offer, prevents any "Compromis" from being agreed on, or, after the arbitration, fails to submit to the award.
Página 79 - But, as they were all in pursuit of nearly the same object, it was necessary, in order to avoid conflicting settlements and consequent war with each other, to establish a principle which all should acknowledge as the law by which the right of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves. This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects, or by whose authority, it was made, against all other European governments, which title might be...
Página 516 - Convention respecting the rights and duties of neutral Powers and persons in case of war on land...
Página 68 - Nothing contained in this convention shall be so construed as to require the United States of America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions of policy or internal administration of any foreign state; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of America of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Página 542 - ARTICLE XXIX. An individual can only be considered a spy if, acting clandestinely, or on false pretences, he obtains, or seeks to obtain information in the zone of operations of a belligerent, with the intention of communicating it to the hostile party.
Página 201 - In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration shall conclude a special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the Arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure.
Página 201 - Differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties existing between the two contracting parties and which it may not have been possible to settle by diplomacy...
Página 62 - The Government of New Granada guarantees to the Government of the United States, that the right of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama upon any modes of communication that now exist, or that may be, hereafter, constructed, shall be open and free to the Government and citizens of the United States...

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