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The lawless law of nations : an exposition of the prevailing arbitrary international legal system in relation to its influence upon civil liberty, disclosing it as the last bulwark of absolutism against the political emancipation of man / by Sterling E. Edmunds.
The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edmunds, Sterling E. (Sterling Edwin), 1880-1944.
- Series:
- Making of modern law: Foreign, comparative and international law, 1600-1926.
- The making of modern law: Foreign, comparative and international law, 1600-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International law.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, [1], 449 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : J. Byrne and Co., 1925.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Two aspects of law
- The development of the law of nations
- Sovereign states as international persons
- The United States as sovereign
- The territory of the state
- The vicissitudes of states : extinction and succession
- The hierarchical rights of states
- Governments and their recognition
- Citizens, subjects and nationals
- The alien friend
- Delinquencies of states and protection of citizens
- Intercourse of states diplomatic agents
- International treaties
- The high seas
- Amicable settlement of quarrels of sovereign states
- Visions of world peace
- The fundamentals of war
- The beginning of war and its effects
- The laws of land warfare
- Authority over hostile territory
- Prisoners of war : the sick and wounded
- The laws of maritime warfare : maritime capture
- The right of visit and search : armed and unarmed ships
- Contraband and blockade
- Aircraft in war
- Neutrality in land and naval warfare
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the Yale Law Library.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. ix-xiii).
- OCLC:
- 654865476
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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