 Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.  The New-York Legal Observer - Page 370edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Carl Spelling - Interstate commerce - 1912 - 332 pages
...Foster and Elam v. Xeilson, 2 Peters, 314, has said: * That a treaty is to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature...operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.'' Sec. 126. Prohibitive form. tTNITED STATES v. MARIGOLD (9 How., 566-567): "Congress are... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1912 - 682 pages
...Foster & Elam vs. Neilson, 2 Pet. 253, 314, it was said that a treaty 'was to be regarded in Courts of justice as equivalent to an Act of the legislature,...operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.' In the case of The Cherokee Tobacco, 11 Wall.. 616, 621, this Court said ' a treaty may... | |
 | Mississippi. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 724 pages
...constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, therefore, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature,...operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, where either of the parties engage... | |
 | Vermont Bar Association - Bar associations - 1919 - 248 pages
...Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature,...operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1919 - 898 pages
...stated, speaking for the Supreme Court of the United States : " A treaty is to be regarded in Courts of Justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature,...operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision." And, indeed, the making of treaties very narrowly escaped remaining under the Constitution... | |
 | J. H. W. Verzijl - Law - 1973 - 886 pages
...p. 427; quoted in AD 1935-1937, Case No. 167, p. 355) that a treaty is "to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature,...operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision." In any event, at the moment when the legal tie between the States themselves is cut by... | |
 | International law - 1979 - 1198 pages
...Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature,...operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1975 - 1412 pages
...Constitution." Foster and Elam v. Nettson, Z Pet. 314. "That a treaty is to be regarded, in courts of justice, as equivalent to an act of the legislature,...operates of itself, without the aid of any legislative provision." The majority of the treaties entered into by the United States with Indians have been ratified... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - United States - 1951 - 154 pages
...declares a treaty to be the supreme law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature,...operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages... | |
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