Two Lectures on the Revised Covenant of the League of Nations1919 - Počet stran: 35 |
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Strana 5
... actions by itself ; and , beyond all possible contradiction , this League is such an entity , and is endowed with powers of immense consequence which prior to its creation have never had a legalized existence . Perhaps the most ...
... actions by itself ; and , beyond all possible contradiction , this League is such an entity , and is endowed with powers of immense consequence which prior to its creation have never had a legalized existence . Perhaps the most ...
Strana 6
... action . Its being and its powers , when once constituted , would persist if a great part of the constituents should perish . A mere agreement between sovereign States for their mutual defense , like that in Article X , requires no such ...
... action . Its being and its powers , when once constituted , would persist if a great part of the constituents should perish . A mere agreement between sovereign States for their mutual defense , like that in Article X , requires no such ...
Strana 7
... action , the Council is to " recommend " what effec- tive military or naval force the members of the League shall severally contribute to the armed forces to be used to protect the Covenant of the League ( Article XVI ) . Is it ...
... action , the Council is to " recommend " what effec- tive military or naval force the members of the League shall severally contribute to the armed forces to be used to protect the Covenant of the League ( Article XVI ) . Is it ...
Strana 8
... action . No self- respecting man would long consent to retain an office of such responsibility when its purpose was thus treated with contempt and left ineffective . We must assume , therefore , that , while terms of courtesy are ...
... action . No self- respecting man would long consent to retain an office of such responsibility when its purpose was thus treated with contempt and left ineffective . We must assume , therefore , that , while terms of courtesy are ...
Strana 9
... action to the participants , in view of the circumstances that may arise . As between the actual co - belligerents of the existing En- tente , such a covenant is possible and desirable ; and the proof of it is that it has freely come ...
... action to the participants , in view of the circumstances that may arise . As between the actual co - belligerents of the existing En- tente , such a covenant is possible and desirable ; and the proof of it is that it has freely come ...
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abso accept Act or Charter action advice and consent affirmation agree agreement American appropriation of money arbitration arise armies Article XVI become blessings of liberty body Bonar Law Britain British casus belli coerce Columbian College Constitution contract corporate entity Cuba DAVID JAYNE HILL decisions declaration degree of authority delegated dispute doubt duties effect Elihu Root Empire enter Executive Council existence foreign George Washington University Government granted honor House of Commons imperialism intention International Law judgment judicial jurists justice King League of Nations LECTURE legislation limited lutism mandate mandatory Power ment merely military national Law necessary never non-members numbers obligations ourselves Parliament participate peace Persia pledge political Preamble present President and Senate principles proposed purposes question recommendations refused regarding Revised Covenant rights of neutrals Samoan Islands Samoans signatory Smuts sovereignty stitution submit super-government Switzerland territory tion treaty involving treaty-making power ultra vires United whole
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Strana 24 - But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become a rule for the
Strana 14 - ... the loss and inconvenience resulting from the above measures, and that they will mutually support one another in resisting any special measures aimed at one of their number by the covenant-breaking State, and that they will take the necessary steps to afford passage through their territory to the forces of any of the Members of the League which are cooperating to protect the covenants of the League.
Strana 28 - The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imports and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
Strana 15 - The degree of authority, control or administration to be exercised by the Mandatory shall, if not previously agreed upon by the Members of the League, be explicitly defined in each case by the Council.
Strana 29 - I do not conceive that power is given to the President and Senate to dismember the empire, or to alienate any great, essential right. I do not think the whole legislative authority have this power. The exercise of the power must be consistent with the object of the delegation.
Strana 29 - ... exercised at all, — or, if at all, could not be so well and safely exercised by the separate governments of the several States, — it was proper that the former, and not the latter, should be enumerated and specified. But, although the treaty-making power is exclusively vested, and without enumeration or specification, in the government of the United States, it is nevertheless subject to several important limitations.
Strana 33 - State shall in each case be laid down by the League in a special Act or Charter, which shall reserve to it complete power of ultimate control and supervision, as well as the right of appeal to it from the territory or people affected against any gross breach of the mandate by the mandatory State.
Strana 10 - ... agreed upon by the parties." That, however, is merely an agreement to arbitrate when the parties choose to arbitrate, and it is therefore no agreement at all. It puts the whole subject of arbitration back where it was twenty-five years ago. Instead of perfecting and putting teeth into the system of arbitration provided for by the Hague conventions, it throws those conventions upon the scrap heap. By covering the ground of arbitration and prescribing a new test of obligation, it apparently by...