A Selection of Cases on the Conflict of Laws, Volume 1Harvard Law review publishing association, 1900 - Conflict of laws |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 9
... appears to me , I must say , singularly inconsistent with itself . According to it the littoral sea is made to assume what I cannot help calling an amphib- ious character . At one time it is land , at another it is water . Is it desired ...
... appears to me , I must say , singularly inconsistent with itself . According to it the littoral sea is made to assume what I cannot help calling an amphib- ious character . At one time it is land , at another it is water . Is it desired ...
Page 11
... appears that the award was very carefully , I may say cautiously , drawn . After stating the matter in dispute , and the reference to Sir John Patteson , the preamble goes on to recite that the arbitrator had decided , - “ First , that ...
... appears that the award was very carefully , I may say cautiously , drawn . After stating the matter in dispute , and the reference to Sir John Patteson , the preamble goes on to recite that the arbitrator had decided , - “ First , that ...
Page 17
... appears to be of a formidable character . Assuming everything , short of the ultimate conclusion , to be conceded to the prosecution— granting that the three - mile zone forms part of the territory or realm of England , and that without ...
... appears to be of a formidable character . Assuming everything , short of the ultimate conclusion , to be conceded to the prosecution— granting that the three - mile zone forms part of the territory or realm of England , and that without ...
Page 21
... appears that a number of English judges , of the very highest authority , have themselves accepted and acted upon the author- ity of these jurists . Lord Talbot , Lord Hardwicke , Lord Mansfield , Lord Stowell , and Dr. Lushington ...
... appears that a number of English judges , of the very highest authority , have themselves accepted and acted upon the author- ity of these jurists . Lord Talbot , Lord Hardwicke , Lord Mansfield , Lord Stowell , and Dr. Lushington ...
Page 26
... appears that at first provision was made only for giving con- suls police authority over the interior of the ship and jurisdiction in civil matters arising out of disputes or differences on board , that is to say , between those ...
... appears that at first provision was made only for giving con- suls police authority over the interior of the ship and jurisdiction in civil matters arising out of disputes or differences on board , that is to say , between those ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquired action Admiralty alleged appear applicable attachment authority British Buzzard's Bay citizen claim colonies common carriers common law Conflict of Laws Constitution contract corporation court of equity Court of Session creditor death debt debtor decision declared decree defendant doctrine domicile of origin duty effect enforce English equity established evidence existence fact foreign garnishee garnishment held high seas intention interest interstate commerce Interstate Commerce Act Jamaica judge judgment judicial juris jurisdiction Justice land law of England legislation legislature liability Lord low-water mark Massachusetts ment mortgage nations non-resident North Bridgewater notice offence opinion owner parties personal property plaintiff plaintiff in error plea port principles proceedings purpose question Railroad rendered Reported residence rule Scotland service of process settled ship situs statute suit Supreme Court taxation territory testator tion treaty tribunals United vessel wife York
Popular passages
Page 31 - Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 121 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Page 346 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 94 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 118 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 24 - When private individuals of one nation spread themselves through another as business or caprice may direct, mingling indiscriminately with the inhabitants of that other, or when merchant vessels enter for the purposes of trade, it would be obviously inconvenient and dangerous to society, and would subject the laws to continual infraction, and the government to degradation, if such individuals or merchants did not owe temporary and local allegiance, and were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the...
Page 185 - Scotland to confirmation, if the same be made according to the forms required either by the law of the place where the same was made or by the law of the place where such person was domiciled when the same was made, or by the laws then in force in that part of her majesty's dominions where he had his domicile of origin.
Page 72 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the Province, Colony, or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law...