How To Use law of nations In A Sentence
- During war, the right of postliminy can only be claimed in the tribunals of the belligerent powers, and not in the courts of neutrals; for by a general law of nations, neutrals have no right to enquire into any captures, except such as are an infringement of their own neutrality. [ The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping
- I think therefore, with great submission to the court, that the right for which I contended, that is, that in common wars between independent nations, either of the contending parties has a right to confiscate or remit debts due by its people to the enemy, is not shaken by the customary law of nations, as far as it regards us, because the custom could not affect us. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
- As the fetial said this Postumius struck him as hard as he could with his knee, and in a loud voice declared that he was a Samnite citizen, that he had violated the law of nations in maltreating the fetial who, as herald, was inviolable, and that after this the Romans would be all the more justified in prosecuting the war. The History of Rome, Vol. II
- First, the purpose of the Charming Betsy canon is to avoid the negative “foreign policy implications” of violating the law of nations, and Plaintiffs have offered no reason to believe that their low wages are likely to “embroil [] the nation in a foreign policy dispute.” The Volokh Conspiracy » An Eminently Sound Approach to (Supposed) International Human Rights Norms, from the Ninth Circuit
- It held such crimes to be offences against the law of nations, much as was the traditional crime of piracy.
- It held such crimes to be offences against the law of nations, much as was the traditional crime of piracy.
- Let them awake from their dullness, sluggishness, and incogitancy, and raise up their endeavours, not to take any irregular courses for their own relief, contrary to the law of nations concerning captives, but to use all likely means to recommend themselves to the favour of the conqueror and make an interest with him. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
- But a situation may well arise in which the law of nations, actual or customary, is silent; what then is the duty of international jurisdiction? Louis Renault - Nobel Lecture
- The ATS is a relic of the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789 that was intended to allow non-U.S. citizens to seek redress in American courts for violations of the law of nations i.e., customary international law such as piracy, attacks on ambassadors, and violations of rights of safe passage. Ben Kerschberg: Corporate Executives: Get Ready for a Billion Dollar Lawsuit
- They only saw their duty to resist oppression, to protect the weak, to vindicate the profound but unwritten Law of Nations, to testify to truth and justice and mercy among men.
