 | Gyeorgos C. Hatonn - Social Science - 1995 - 226 pages
...independence, in order to be. come a sovereign State, while the sovereign party treats them as in surgents and rebels who owe allegiance, and who should be punished with death for their treason. . As a civil war is never publicly proclaImed, 00 noinine, against Insurgents, its actual existence... | |
 | William Whiting - Martial law - 2002 - 364 pages
...former sovereign, the world acknowledges them as belligerents, and the contest a war. Tliey claim to be in arms to establish their liberty and independence,...who should be punished with death for their treason. " A civil war," says Vattel, " breaks the bands of society and government, or, at least, suspends their... | |
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... war. They claim to be in arms to establish their liberty and independence, in order to become a sovereign State, while the sovereign party treats them as insurgents and rebels who owe allegiance, and who should be punished with death for their treason. 
