 Like all the laws of nations, it rests upon the common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted as a rule of conduct.  Hearingsby United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1963Full view - About this book
 | 1881 - 1980 pages
...the consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...commercial world. Many of the usages which prevail, and which have the force of law, doubtless originated in the positive prescriptions of some single state,... | |
 | John Melville Gould - 1883 - 972 pages
...common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...commercial world. Many of the usages which prevail, and which have the force of law, doubtless originated in the positive prescriptions of some single state,... | |
 | Morton Pearson Henry - 1885 - 552 pages
...common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...commercial world. Many of the usages which prevail, and which have the force of law, doubtless originated in the positive prescriptions of some single 1 But... | |
 | 1908 - 714 pages
...common consent of civilized communities. It is in force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...who may be said to constitute the commercial world." 1 Benedict, Adm. Pr., 3 ed., 2. In Thomassen v. Whitwell* it was said by Judge Benedict: " There is... | |
 | 1903 - 658 pages
...common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...who may be said to constitute the commercial world." "This is not giving to the statutes of a nation extraterritorial effect. It is not treating them as... | |
 | 1889 - 878 pages
...Cranch (6 USJ, 187. The law of nations is of force, not because it has been prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted as a rule of conduct : The Scotia (1871), 14 Wall. (81 U. 8.) 170. The law of nations, which is acknowledged generally as... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1890 - 736 pages
...common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...commercial world. Many of the usages which prevail, and which have the force of law, doubtless originaled in the positive prescriptions of some single state,... | |
 | Freeman Snow - 1893 - 636 pages
...common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...commercial world. Many of the usages which prevail, and which have the force of law, doubtless originated in the positive prescriptions of some single state,... | |
 | 1900 - 1098 pages
...common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has been generally accepted...of the sea only by the concurrent sanction of those nation« who may be said to constitute the commercial world. Many of the usages which prevail, and... | |
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