 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 688 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States has said that it looks to the works of jurists and commentators " not for the speculations of their authors concerning...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is." [The Paquete Habana (1900), 175 TJ. S. 677, 700.] But the present zeal to "codify" international law,... | |
 | Law - 1903 - 658 pages
...decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators, who, by...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is." 1 It is to be noted that the learned justice not only declared international law to be part of our... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1098 pages
...decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations, and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators who by years...they treat. Such works are resorted to by judicial tribunal», not for the speculations of their authors concerning what the law ought to be, but for... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Law - 1900 - 550 pages
...usages of civilized nations ; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators . . . not for the speculations of their authors concerning...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is.' Whether conventional or customary in the particular case, international law is true law to be administered... | |
 | George Frisbie Hoar - Philippines - 1900 - 92 pages
...their determination. ouch works are resorted to by judicial tribunals, not for the speculations oi their authors concerning what the law ought to be,...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is Hilton ». Quyot, 159 US, 113, 163, 164, 214, 215. They are witnesses of the sentiments and usages... | |
 | Charles Henry Butler - Constitutional law - 1902 - 812 pages
...decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators, who by years...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is." Hilion vs. Guiyot, US Sup. Ct. 1895, 159 US 113, GKAY, J., on p. 163, the opinion says: "International... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - Law - 1902 - 512 pages
...the opinions of experienced and approved publicists are valuable not as mere opinion but as evidence: 'Such works are resorted to by judicial tribunals,...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is.' These are the words of Mr. Justice Gray, delivering the majority opinion of the Supreme Court of the... | |
 | Charles Noble Gregory - Blockade - 1903 - 24 pages
...677.) After holding that the works of jurists and commentators on the subject of International Law are resorted to by judicial tribunals not for the...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is, the majority of the court concludes that coast fishing vessels, with their implements, appliances,... | |
 | M. Zralek - 1903 - 556 pages
...677.) After holding that the works of jurists and commentators on the subject of International Law are resorted to by judicial tribunals not for the...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is, the majority of the court concludes that coast fishing vessels, with their implements, appliances,... | |
 | Naval War College (U.S.) - International law - 1904 - 242 pages
...decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence to these, to the works of jurists and commentators, who by years...for trustworthy evidence of what the law really is. Hilton \. Gnyot, 159 IT. S. 113, 163, 164, 214, 215. " wheaton. Wheaton places, among the principal... | |
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For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators, who... 
