During the period of his judicial service, decisions were rendered by the Supreme Court in 195 cases involving questions of international law, or in some way affecting international relations.
We are supposed to take judicial cognizance of all questions of international law, of treaties, of prize laws, and of the law of nations generally.
He demanded, however, the suspension of the submarine campaign, stigmatized our conduct of the war in the west as a violation of international law, and once again sought to meddle with intimate questions of our domestic politics.
His subject is the protection of American life and American rights under international law.
Third, then say that in the absence of any general agreement, the United States cannot yield one inch of her rights without destroying the whole fabric of international law, for in the last analysis this is what is involved.
Toward this growing movement in the direction of the setting up of a community of nations in which each has equal rights and equally recognizes the force of international law, the German Empire has taken an attitude of opposition.
The body of rules which nations recognize in their dealings with each other is usually spoken of as international law.
Moreover, the conferences helped the cause of international law by showing how easily international agreements could be reached if all the nations were honestly in favor of peaceful decisions.
International law in the more proper sense of the word, that is Public International Law, or the law which governs the relations between States, is a very different thing.
The London Naval Conference was attended by representatives of the principal maritime powers including the United States, and the Declaration which it issued was avowedly a codification of the existing rules of international law.
As international law is the only law that governs the relations between states, we are, of course, directly concerned in the enforcement of existing law and in the development of new law.
Hall, a leading English authority on international law, writing one hundred years later, said: "The policy of the United States in 1793 constitutes an epoch in the development of the usages of neutrality.
This principle, which is now one of the fundamental doctrines of international law, was so ably expounded by Jefferson that his words are well worth quoting.
The Chinese Government also proposes to take such action in the future as will be deemed necessary for the maintenance of the principles of international law.
Seeing that German commerce is protected by international law, will China be able to seize it; and does she not know that the Kaiser may in the future exact restitution?
The subsequent annexation of Korea did not affect this agreement in point of international law, and as a matter of practice Japan has adhered to it until September, 1915.
It is unnecessary to add that the attitude of the Chinese Government has been dictated purely by the desire to further the cause of the world's peace and by the maintenance of the sanctity of international law.
It is unnecessary to say that from this stand-point, international law becomes a subject of the grandest proportions and significance.
The most elaborate and erudite modern work on international law is the Histoire du Droit des Gens et des Relations Internationales, by Prof.
Great Britain filed no protest against the doctrine of "continuous voyage," but recognized its fundamental soundness, and since 1865 this doctrine has been a part of international law.
International law" is no strict code and it's all shot to pieces anyhow.
It is also in violation of the spirit if not the letter of international law.
Even when such ships have contraband of war on board they are dealt with by submarines solely according to the rules of international law applying to prize warfare.
It should be noted that since the employment of submarines, contrary to international law, the Germans also have been guilty of the use of asphyxiating gas.
The German argument was based upon the practice of international law, but the American reply was based upon the commercial advantages enjoyed by the ammunition shippers.
And, although Secretary of State von Jagow acknowledged to Ambassador Gerard that there was nothing in international law to justify a change in Washington's position, von Jagow's statements were not permitted to be published in Germany.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "international law" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
