 | Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of Birkenhead - International law - 1918 - 464 pages
...give effect to a law which is not laid down by any particular state, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilised nations in their...each other or in express international agreement.' 3 In 1915, in The Elida, the Imperial Supreme Prize Court in Berlin observed in the course of its judgment:... | |
 | Sir Samuel Thomas Evans - Prize-courts - 1918 - 620 pages
...p. 91), it is " a law which is not laid down by ^ny particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilised nations in their...each other or in express international agreement." It has naturally fallen in course of time within general principles — easily understood, although... | |
 | William Teulon Swan Stallybrass - Sovereignty - 1918 - 192 pages
...laid down by any particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilized nations in their relations towards each other or in express international agreement." In the same way in municipal Courts in disputes be5 The Maria, 1 Rob. 340. 6 1916, 2 AC 91 tween citizen... | |
 | Heber Leonidas Hart - Peace - 1918 - 250 pages
...authority that International Law " originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilized nations in their relations towards each other or in express international agreement." 1 If in this sentence the word " nations " be understood to mean states, it may be accepted as a compendious... | |
 | William Teulon Swan Stallybrass - Sovereignty - 1919 - 272 pages
...laid down by any particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilized nations in their relations towards each other or in express international agreement." In the same way in municipal Courts in disputes between citizen and citizen recognition is given to... | |
 | Pitt Cobbett - International law - 1924 - 770 pages
...give effect to a law which is not laid down by any particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilised nations in their...each other or in express international agreement. It is obvious that, if and so far as a Court of Prize in this country is bound by and gives effect... | |
 | Ernest Charles Meldon Trehern, Albert Wallace Grant - Prize-courts - 1922 - 1296 pages
...laid down by any particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilized nations in their relations towards each other or in express international agreement." And after pointing out the difficulty of bringing acts of a belligerent Power within the jurisdiction... | |
 | Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid - Conflict of laws - 1925 - 290 pages
...Warwick). Le Privy Council, dans the Zamora en 1916, déclare que Binternational law originates in the practise and usage long observed by civilised nations...considère la notion de la contrebande conditionnelle comme B injustifiée par les règles existantes de la pratique internationale", Bl'usage international" (1914).... | |
 | Constantine John Colombos - Prize (International Law) - 1926 - 424 pages
...give effect to a law which is 'not laid 'down by any particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilised nations in their...each other or in express international agreement. 86. As regards " express international international ' Treaties agreement," maritime law is principally... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1927 - 172 pages
...laid down by any particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilized nations in their relations towards each other or in express international agreement. It is obvious that, if and so far as a Court of Prize in this country is bound by and gives effect... | |
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It need inquire only what that law is, but a Court which administers international law must ascertain and give effect to a law which is not laid down by any particular State, but originates in the practice and usage long observed by civilised nations... 
