A Digest of the International Law of the United States: Extracts relative tothe treaty of peace of 1782-'83, taken from the Franklin papers now on deposit in the Dept. of StateFrancis Wharton U.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 |
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... refusal of Spain to ratify . The refusal to ratify gives them the same right to do justice to themselves as the ... refused with justice , except when he who is charged with the negotiation , keeping within the extent of his public ...
... refusal of Spain to ratify . The refusal to ratify gives them the same right to do justice to themselves as the ... refused with justice , except when he who is charged with the negotiation , keeping within the extent of his public ...
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... refuse his sanction to the treaty without bad faith or ground of complaint on the other side . But even this violation of secret instructions would be no valid excuse for the sovereign's refusing to accept the treaty , if he should have ...
... refuse his sanction to the treaty without bad faith or ground of complaint on the other side . But even this violation of secret instructions would be no valid excuse for the sovereign's refusing to accept the treaty , if he should have ...
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... reasons to con- clude that a majority will be in favor of the doctrine that the House has 17 S. Mis . 162 - VOL . II- a constitutional right to refuse to pass laws for executing CHAP . VI . ] [ § 131a . RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL .
... reasons to con- clude that a majority will be in favor of the doctrine that the House has 17 S. Mis . 162 - VOL . II- a constitutional right to refuse to pass laws for executing CHAP . VI . ] [ § 131a . RATIFICATION AND APPROVAL .
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Francis Wharton. a constitutional right to refuse to pass laws for executing a treaty , and that the treaty power is ... refusal was as unexpected as the tone and tenor of the message are improper and indelicate . I think there will be ...
Francis Wharton. a constitutional right to refuse to pass laws for executing a treaty , and that the treaty power is ... refusal was as unexpected as the tone and tenor of the message are improper and indelicate . I think there will be ...
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... refusing the appropriation under the treaty of 1831 was not that of a mere refusal to approve a treaty relating exclusively to the future , as was the case with Jay's treaty . The debt which the French Chamber refused to pay was one ...
... refusing the appropriation under the treaty of 1831 was not that of a mere refusal to approve a treaty relating exclusively to the future , as was the case with Jay's treaty . The debt which the French Chamber refused to pay was one ...
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Page 411 - All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth, citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States ; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.
Page 107 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists : and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 526 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States...
Page 678 - Aliens who are citizens or subjects of any government which accords to citizens of the United States the right to prosecute claims against such government in its courts, shall have the privilege of prosecuting claims against the United States in the Court of Claims, whereof such court, by reason of their subject matter and character, might take jurisdiction.
Page 279 - This treaty is the law of the land, and admits the inhabitants of Florida to the enjoyment of the privileges, rights and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 71 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. 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...
Page 186 - ... to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama.
Page 184 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean ; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 149 - The Consuls, Vice-Consuls and Commercial Agents shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities...
Page 185 - V. The contracting parties further engage, that when the said canal shall have been completed, they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or unjust confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may forever be open and free, and the capital invested therein secure.