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Chapter V: Claims Concerning Lawful Weapons Of Belligerent Attack, W. T. Mallison Jr

International Law Studies

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Appendix M: Independent Or Semi-Independent States Established Since World War Ii, Carl M. Franklin

International Law Studies

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Appendix L: Twelve-State Treaty Guaranteeing Nonmilitarization Of Antarctica And Freedom Of Scientific Investigation, Carl M. Franklin

International Law Studies

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International Law-Seizure Of Foreign Vessels On The High Seas, David D. Ring S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

After World War I, the Allied Powers under Article XXII of the Covenant of the League of Nations designated Great Britain mandatary of Palestine, providing inter alia that, as far as possible without prejudice to the rights of the then residents of Palestine, steps were to be taken to facilitate Jewish immigration. A High Commissioner for Palestine was appointed, who, by the authority vested in him under the mandate, promulgated a general ordinance regulating immigration. It was provided therein that any British government ship might board any vessel to detain and examine persons reasonably believed to be seeking to enter …

Prize Cases Decided In The United States Supreme Court, 1789-1918, Edwin D. Dickinson

Reviews

"It seems something of a paradox that our first and only complete collection of Supreme Court prize decisions should be published at last under the auspices of an endowment for international peace... And it has been the admirable purpose of the Carnegie Endowment to promote peace by rendering more available all authoritative sources of information about international affairs.

"There is more in common, indeed, between peace and prize cases than a mere matter of contact with international affairs. The development of international law, both as a general system and as a part of municipal law, has been developed by prize …

Retaliation And Neutral Rights, Hessel Edward Yntema

Michigan Law Review

The readjustment of international law to the ever-changing conditions of maritime warfare has always presented problems of extreme difficulty. Particularly is this the case, when, as in the Napoleonic wars and the recent European conflict, belligerents, falling back upon the exceptional plea of necessity, attempt to modify the rights of neutral powers to their own advantage or even to involve them in the conflict. A question of this character, namely, the extent to which a belligerent in pursuing retaliatory measures against 'alleged violations of international law by his opponent, may thereby abridge the admitted rights of neutrals, was raised in …

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International Law Studies

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Rhode Island Privateering In The Revolution, Bailey J. Cornell

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

An essay which chronicles how privateering activities came about in Rhode Island during the Revolution and the constructive influence in ending the fighting, while also aiming to convince the reader that privateering was a lawful act, not simply “licensed piracy”.