Two Lectures on the Revised Covenant of the League of Nations1919 - Počet stran: 35 |
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Strana 8
... doubt , a possible case of international un- derstanding which does not involve this dilemma . A decla- ration of principles , with a solemn pledge to support them , does not necessarily create a super - government , and would leave the ...
... doubt , a possible case of international un- derstanding which does not involve this dilemma . A decla- ration of principles , with a solemn pledge to support them , does not necessarily create a super - government , and would leave the ...
Strana 9
... doubt regarding its effectiveness . It was con- ceived in freedom , and it should be perpetuated with honor . It may be said — indeed , it is sometimes insisted upon- that an Entente of Free Nations is precisely what the League is ...
... doubt regarding its effectiveness . It was con- ceived in freedom , and it should be perpetuated with honor . It may be said — indeed , it is sometimes insisted upon- that an Entente of Free Nations is precisely what the League is ...
Strana 12
... doubt , it does this in the interest of peace ; and I shall not deny that this interest may be so great that the effort to settle a dispute should be made , but this right of coercion by a self - constituted body has no justification in ...
... doubt , it does this in the interest of peace ; and I shall not deny that this interest may be so great that the effort to settle a dispute should be made , but this right of coercion by a self - constituted body has no justification in ...
Strana 15
... doubt , admit that there are " backward peoples , " as they are called . Confessedly , they present a difficult prob- lem to solve . It may be that this is , on the whole , the best solution of it ; but the questions of duty and of ...
... doubt , admit that there are " backward peoples , " as they are called . Confessedly , they present a difficult prob- lem to solve . It may be that this is , on the whole , the best solution of it ; but the questions of duty and of ...
Strana 16
... doubt , better for us as a people that we should never again undertake an imperial partnership . We had a woeful experience in the Samoan Islands , and we were glad to get out of it without involving ourselves , as we came near doing ...
... doubt , better for us as a people that we should never again undertake an imperial partnership . We had a woeful experience in the Samoan Islands , and we were glad to get out of it without involving ourselves , as we came near doing ...
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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...