Commentaries on American Law, Volumen1W. Kent, 1851 |
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... practice is left to be discovered by human reason . See Commentaries on the Law of Nations , by Wm . Oke Manning , Esq . , London , 1839 , b . 2. ch . 1. This work is the first English treatise which I have seen , containing a regular ...
... practice is left to be discovered by human reason . See Commentaries on the Law of Nations , by Wm . Oke Manning , Esq . , London , 1839 , b . 2. ch . 1. This work is the first English treatise which I have seen , containing a regular ...
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... practice of piracy ; and the fleets of Athens , the best disciplined and most respectable naval force in all ... practices of his age , and he perceived the injustice of that doctrine of Grecian policy , that , by the laws of war , the ...
... practice of piracy ; and the fleets of Athens , the best disciplined and most respectable naval force in all ... practices of his age , and he perceived the injustice of that doctrine of Grecian policy , that , by the laws of war , the ...
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... practice of plundering shipwrecks has been traced to the Rhodians , and from them it passed to the Romans : and the efforts to re- strain it were very feeble and gradual , and mixed with much positive injustice . The goods cast ashore ...
... practice of plundering shipwrecks has been traced to the Rhodians , and from them it passed to the Romans : and the efforts to re- strain it were very feeble and gradual , and mixed with much positive injustice . The goods cast ashore ...
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... practice , by rendering the regulations on that subject a branch of the public law of nations . Valin says , it was ... practice of no very ancient introduc- tion among the states of Europe , and it was not of very fami- liar use in the ...
... practice , by rendering the regulations on that subject a branch of the public law of nations . Valin says , it was ... practice of no very ancient introduc- tion among the states of Europe , and it was not of very fami- liar use in the ...
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... practice of ransom , founded on the right of property claimed by the captor , succeeded to the Greek and Roman practice of killing prisoners , or selling them as slaves . The custom of admitting resident ministers at each sove ...
... practice of ransom , founded on the right of property claimed by the captor , succeeded to the Greek and Roman practice of killing prisoners , or selling them as slaves . The custom of admitting resident ministers at each sove ...
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