On the rights and duties of nations in time of peace

Travers Twiss

University Press, 1861 - International law

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NATIONS AS SUBJECTS OF LAW 1 Nations Independent Political Communities I	1

International Jurisprudence	2

Definition of a State adopted by Grotius	3

Puffendorfs Definition of a State	4

Christian de Wolff	5

Growth of Natural Society	6

Natural Society of Nations	8

Nationalisation and Denationalisation of States	9

ExtraTerritoriality of certain Foreign Persons and Things	228

Merchant Vessels are subject to the Territorial Law	229

Right of Emigration	231

Domicil the criterion of National Character	232

Jurisdiction and Remedies	234

Comity of Nations in regard to Personal Property	236

Domicil of Origin and Domicil of Choice	238

CHAPTER X	241

Hobbes view of Political Society ΙΟ	10

Equality of Nations II	12

Obligations corresponding to Rights	13

Right of Coalition	14

CHAPTER II	16

NATIONAL STATESYSTEMS OF CHRISTENDOM Page	18

221 Common Law of Nations 345	26

N N N N N N N	28

28	36

21	40

Real Union of Independent States 38 Personal Union of Independent States 40 Federal Union of Norway and Sweden 41 Diversity of Federal Unions...	45

The Argentine Confederation	52

CHAPTER IV	82

Page	89

Paschalik of EgyptTreaty of London 15 July 1840	92

CHAPTER V	110

Identity of the Law of Nations with the Law	116

General Law	132

Wheatons Earlier and Later Views	133

Illustration as to Contraband of War	134

Preambles and Recitals of a Declaratory Character	138

Objections to the Idea of any Law properly speak ing between Nations	139

International Morality distinct from the Law of Nations	140

CHAPTER VI	143

Right of SelfDefence	144

TreatyLimitations of such Right	145

Right of SelfAggrandisement	146

Right of anticipating Attack	148

Right of Confederation	150

The Balance of Power	152

CHAPTER VII	156

Right of Discovery	162

Notification of Discovery	163

Acts confirmatory of Occupation	165

Discovery followed by Settlement constitutes a Perfect Title	166

Extent of Right of Discovery	168

Extent of Right of Occupation	169

Principles of Law advanced by the United States of America	170

Discovery of the Mouth of a River	172

Conflict with acknowledged Law	174

Right of Settlement	175

Usucaption or Prescription	177

Territory of the Hudsons Bay Company	178

Right of Contiguity	179

Arcifinious States	180

Discovery of the New World	182

Settlements in the New World	183

Possessory Right of Native Indians	185

The Indian Title	186

Derivative Acquisition	189

Title by Cession	192

CHAPTER VIII	193

Page	201

Conventional Law of Europe as to the Great Rivers	205

The Thalweg or Midchannel of a River the boun dary of Conterminous States	206

Right of Alluvion	209

The Stade or Brunshausen Toll	210

CHAPTER IX	214

Territory	216

The Comity of Nations sometimes gives effect to Foreign Law	218

Personal Real and Mixed Statutes	220

Growth of Private International Jurisprudence	222

amongst Asiatics	223

Personal Actions of Foreigners	225

A Common Law of the Sea	242

Affinity to the Roman Law in certain matters	243

Origin of the Admiralty Jurisdiction	244

Its connection with that of the Consules Maris	246

Piracy justiciable everywhere	247

Concurrency of Admiralty with National Juris diction	248

Maritime Jurisdiction of a Nation	249

Territorial Seas distinguished from Jurisdictional waters	250

Prescriptive Right over portions of the Sea	252

Right of Fishery on the High Seas	253

Neutrality of Jurisdictional Waters	254

Right of Maritime Toll in respect of Lighthouses and Seamarks	258

Black Sea	260

The Comity of Nations in matters of Revenue and Quarantine	262

Right of Fishery in Jurisdictional Waters	264

Ceremonial of the High Seas	266

Ceremonial within Jurisdictional Waters	270

CHAPTER XI	272

Minister	276

Various Orders of Diplomatic Agents	278

Classification of Public Ministers in the Eighteenth Century	281

Rule of the Congress of Vienna	282

Diplomatic Agents of the First Class	284

Diplomatic Agents of the Second Class	287

Diplomatic Agents of the Third and the Fourth Class	288

Resident Missions	290

Moldavian and Walachian Chargés dAffaires at the Ottoman Porte	291

Letters of Credence	292

Full Powers	297

197 Instructions	299

Ceremonial of Reception	301

The Sacred Character of an Ambassador	303

His ExtraTerritoriality	304

ExtraTerritoriality of the Ambassadors Hotel and of his Suite	306

The Ambassadors Jurisdiction over the personnel of the Embassy	307

Liability of an Ambassador to the payment of Local Dues	308

Liberty of Religious Worship	309

Inviolability of an Ambassador passing through the Territory of a Third Power	311

Consuls not Diplomatic Agents	316

CHAPTER XII	320

Natural Right	322

Religious Obligation of every League	323

Equal and Unequal Leagues	324

Unequal Leagues not contrary to Equity	325

Personal and Real Leagues	326

Tests of Continuing Leagues	327

The Holy Alliance of 1815	329

History of the Holy Alliance	331

The Family Compact of the House of Bourbon	334

Treaties of Navigation and Commerce	336

Treaties of Jurisdiction	339

Treaties of ExtraTradition	343

Civil Law of the Romans as to Fugitives from Justice	344

porary	349

Treaties of Boundary	354

Judicial Decisions as to the Permanent Object of Certain Treaties	356

Treaties which create a Servitude of Public Law	359

Treaties of Equal and Unequal Alliance	361

Treaties of Protection	363

Treaties of Subsidy	365

Treaties of Guaranty	367

Treaties of Neutrality	373

Signature and Ratification of Treaties	374

Expiration and Renewal of Treaties	376

Common terms and phrases

according accordingly accredited Ambassador amongst anno Article bank Britain British Bynkershoek Cession character Chargé d'Affaires Christian Comity common Compact concluded Confederation Congress of Vienna Constitution Consuls Contracting Convention Courts declared Diplomatic Agents discovery Domicil Droit des Gens Emperor established European Powers exclusive exercise Federal Foreign Powers France Germanic Germanic Confederation Government Grotius Hospodars Independent intercourse jurisdiction Jurists Jus Gentium King Klüber Law of Europe Law of Nations Law of Nature League Letters of Credence Mahommedan Maritime Martens matters ment Moldavia N. R. Gén Natural Law navigation obligation Ottoman Empire Ottoman Porte parties peace person political Positive Law possession Prince principle privilege Provinces Public Law quæ racter recognised Recueil regard regulations relations resident respect Right of Empire river Roman rule Russia settlement Sove Sovereignty Sublime Porte Sultan territory tion tolls Traité Treaty of Paris Treaty-engagements Union United usage vessels Walachia Wheaton whilst Wolff

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Title	On the rights and duties of nations in time of peace Volume 1 of The Law of Nations Considered as Independent Political Communities, Travers Twiss
Author	Travers Twiss
Publisher	University Press, 1861
Original from	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Digitized	9 Oct 2014

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