International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination. American Government and Politics ... - Page 339by Charles Austin Beard - 1910 - 772 pagesFull view - About this book
| Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - 1915 - 396 pages
...The Paquete Hahana, 175 US 677, Mr. Justice Gray declared: — International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts...upon it are duly presented for their determination. And in delivering the opinion on the demurrer in this case Chief Justice Fuller said : — Sitting,... | |
| 1903 - 658 pages
...authoritatively as a tribunal of justice can settle anything. "International law is part of our law. and must be ascertained and administered by the courts...jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it arc duly presented for their determination. For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no controlling... | |
| Frederick Pollock - 1900 - 550 pages
...from which probably no member of the Court would dissent : — ' International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts...customs and usages of civilized nations ; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators . . . not for the speculations of their... | |
| George Frisbie Hoar - 1900 - 92 pages
...case of The Paquete Habana and The Lola (US Rep., vol. 175): International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts...of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions oi right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination. ouch works are resorted to by... | |
| 1900 - 1098 pages
...or religious misnion." Takahashi, International Law, 11, 178. International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction aa often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination. For this... | |
| Charles Henry Butler - 1902 - 876 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States has solemnly declared that " international law is a part of our law and must be ascertained and administered by the courts...upon it are duly presented for their determination." 4 §399. 'Const. US Art. I, §8, cl. 10. 3 Many cases have been referred by Congress to the courts... | |
| 1906 - 688 pages
...677), the same eminent judge, speaking for the court, declared: "International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts...upon it are duly presented for their determination." The citations of texts and cases might be greatly multiplied ; but in view of these recent utterances... | |
| Charles Henry Butler - 1902 - 808 pages
...from, the United States.—Change of sovereignty over any territory, when viewed from the trolling executive or legislative act or judicial decision,...the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators, who by years of labor, research and experience,... | |
| 1911 - 496 pages
...definition and scope of the term, and determining that international law is part of our municipal law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, Mr. Scott said in part: "Now, if international law is law, and is administered in our courts as such,... | |
| 1904 - 412 pages
...United States, 1900 (175 U. 8.677). Gray, J.: . . . International law is part of our law, and must he ascertained and administered by the courts of justice...the customs and usages of civilized nations, and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators who by years of labor, research, and experience... | |
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