Showing papers in "American Journal of International Law in 1908"
TL;DR: The first volume of this American Journal of International Law has shown urbi et orbi that America possesses a number of prominent international jurists who are of equal rank to those of Europe as regards learning, idealism, constructive power, and literary skill as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The first volume of this American Journal of International Law has shown urbi et orbi that America possesses a number of prominent international jurists who are of equal rank to those of Europe as regards learning, idealism, constructive power, and literary skill.
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TL;DR: The first article of the Second Hague Conference respecting the subject of contract claims alleged to be due by one state to the subjects of another has a special interest to the citizens of the twentyone American republics.
Abstract: The convention of the Second Hague Conference respecting the subject of contract claims alleged to be due by one state to the subjects of another has a special interest to the citizens of the twentyone American republics, particularly the first article of the convention, which reads as follows:
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TL;DR: The convention as drawn up is substantially the same as the proposition submitted by the French delegation as discussed by the authors, and that proposition follows in the main the text adopted by the Institute de Droit International at its meeting at Ghent (September, 1906), when the whole subject was carefully discussed.
Abstract: The convention as drawn up is substantially the same as the proposition submitted by the French delegation — and that proposition follows in the main the text adopted by the Institute de Droit International at its meeting at Ghent (September, 1906), when the whole subject was carefully discussed.
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TL;DR: The Second Hague Conference accomplished many valuable results and failed in much that it attempted as mentioned in this paper, and many of its failures have been attributed to a faulty method of organization, such as the "Second Hague Conference".
Abstract: The Second Hague Conference accomplished many valuable results and failed in much that it attempted. Many of its failures have been attributed to a faulty method of organization.
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TL;DR: The Second International Peace Conference of 1907 as discussed by the authors attempted to humanize the hardships necessarily incident to war and to substitute for a resort to arms a pacific settlement of international grievances, which, if unsettled, might lead to war or make the maintenance of pacific relations difficult and problematical.
Abstract: The Second International Peace Conference, like its predecessor of 1899, endeavored to humanize the hardships necessarily incident to war and to substitute for a resort to arms a pacific settlement of international grievances, which, if unsettled, might lead to war or make the maintenance of pacific relations difficult and problematical. The conference of 1907, no more than its immediate predecessor, satisfied the leaders of humanitarian thought. War was not abolished, nor was peace legislated into existence. Universal disarmament was as unacceptable in 1907 as in 1899, and some few nations were still unwilling to bind themselves to refer all international disputes not involving independence, vital interests, or national honor to a court of arbitration.
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TL;DR: One accustomed to the administration of municipal law who turns his attention for the first time to the discussion of practical questions arising between nations and dependent upon the rules of international law, must be struck by a difference between the two systems which materially affects the intellectual processes involved in every discussion, and which is apparently fundamental.
Abstract: One accustomed to the administration of municipal law who turns his attention for the first time to the discussion of practical questions arising between nations and dependent upon the rules of international law, must be struck by a difference between the two systems which materially affects the intellectual processes involved in every discussion, and which is apparently fundamental.
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TL;DR: The Central American Peace Conference which met at Washington on November 14 and adjourned December 20, 1907, in accordance with the protocol between the Eepublica of Costa Eica, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, signed at Washington, September 17, 1907 is not only in accord with the general tendency of our times toward more helpful relations between neighboring nations, but is a direct outgrowth of a policy which has repeatedly led to similar conferences with a view to promote a better under-standing and a more complete cooperation between the republics of Central America as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The Central American Peace Conference which met at Washington on November 14 and adjourned December 20, 1907, in accordance with the protocol between the Eepublica of Costa Eica, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, signed at Washington, September 17, 1907, is not only in accord with the general tendency of our times toward more helpful relations between neighboring nations, but is a direct outgrowth of a policy which has repeatedly led to similar conferences with a view to promote a better under-standing and a more complete cooperation between the republics of Central America.
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TL;DR: The Permanent Tribunal of Arbitration as discussed by the authors was created by the First Conference and alongside with it it was proposed to establish an arbitral court of justice, which is the case of the Arbitral Court of Justice (ACJ).
Abstract: Before undertaking a systematic and analytical exposition of the project relating to the establishment of an arbitral court of justice as approved by the Committee of Examination B and referred to the First Subcommission of the First Commission, it may be useful to devote a few lines, by way of introduction, to the Permanent Tribunal of Arbitration created in 1899 by the First Conference and alongside which it is proposed to establish an arbitral court of justice.
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TL;DR: The Peace Conference of Central America (PCA) was held in Washington, USA, in 2011 as mentioned in this paper, with the aims and projects of the conference described in detail in detail.
Abstract: So much has already been said about the Peace Conference of Central America, which recently met in Washington, that some may deem it unnecessary to say anything more about its aims and projects; but we feel that, very important as all its plans are, one of them is so particularly momentous that we can not help devoting to it a few serious observations.
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TL;DR: The First Hague Conference had as its main object a consideration of a possible reduction of the excessive armaments which weigh upon all nations, or, at least, a discussion of the possibility of putting an end to the progressive development of the present armaments.
Abstract: The First Hague Conference had as its main object a consideration of a “ possible reduction of the excessive armaments which weigh upon all nations,” or, at least, a discussion of the possibility of “ putting an end to the progressive development of the present armaments.” The conference early realized that even a limitation of the increase of military and naval expenditure was impracticable at that time, and devoted its chief energies to the secondary purpose for which it was called, viz., to discuss and devise “ the most effectual means of insuring to all peoples the benefits of a real and durable peace.”
TL;DR: The recent article by Dr. Scott under this title in the October, 1907, issue of this JOURNAL is a most able presentation of the view that the rules which govern the relations of states to one another are as properly to be termed laws as are the legislative declarations of national law-making bodies as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The recent article by Dr. Scott under this title in the October, 1907, issue of this JOURNAL is a most able presentation of the view that the rules which govern the relations of states to one another are as properly to be termed laws as are the legislative declarations of national law-making bodies.
TL;DR: The kinds or degrees of obligatory arbitration advocated in the two conferences were three in number, and may be called, respectively, universal, inclusive, and exclusive obligatory arbitration.
Abstract: The kinds or degrees of obligatory arbitration advocated in the two conferences were three in number, and may be called, respectively, universal, inclusive, and exclusive obligatory arbitration.
TL;DR: The twelfth convention adopted by the Hague Conference of 1907 provides for the establishment of an International Prize Court to which appeals may be carried in certain instances from the prize courts of the captors as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The twelfth convention adopted by the Hague Conference of 1907 provides for the establishment of an International Prize Court to which appeals may be carried in certain instances from the prize courts of the captors. The proposal for such a convention was presented very early in the proceedings of the conference.
TL;DR: Had the Second Hague Conference done nothing more than adopt the convention for the establishment of an International Prize Court, it would have sufficiently justified its being called together and refuted the criticisms of those who, because it did not accomplish all its most enthusiastic supporters desired, have sought to belittle its results.
Abstract: Had the Second Hague Conference done nothing more than adopt the convention for the establishment of an International Prize Court, it would have sufficiently justified its being called together and refuted the criticisms of those who, because it did not accomplish all its most enthusiastic supporters desired, have sought to belittle its results.
TL;DR: When no distinction was made in theory and practice between the status of private property of the enemy upon land and upon sea it necessarily followed that such property was liable to seizure and confiscation wherever found as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: When no distinction was made in theory and practice between the status of private property of the enemy upon land and upon sea it necessarily followed that such property was liable to seizure and confiscation wherever found.
TL;DR: Among the six voeux to be found in the final act of the First Hague Peace Conference is the following: The conference expressed the wish that the proposal to settle the question of the bombardment of ports, towns, and villages by a naval force may be referred to a subsequent conference for consideration.
Abstract: Among the six voeux to be found in the final act of the First Hague Peace Conference is the following: The conference expresses the wish that the proposal to settle the question of the bombardment of ports, towns, and villages by a naval force may be referred to a subsequent conference for consideration.
TL;DR: With a view to the systematic discussion of the questions inscribed upon its program, the membership of the conference was divided into four great committees, to each of which a related group of subjects was assigned for investigation as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: With a view to the systematic discussion of the questions inscribed upon its program, the membership of the conference was divided into four great committees, to each of which a related group of subjects was assigned for investigation with a view to the formulation of such stipulations as might be deemed worthy of insertion in a general convention.
TL;DR: In the marked development which has recently taken place in arial navigation, attention has not infrequently been directed to the practicability of “bombarding” fortified and unfortified places by dropping projectiles from balloons as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the marked development which has recently taken place in aërial navigation, attention has not infrequently been directed to the practicability of “bombarding” fortified and unfortified places by dropping projectiles from balloons.
TL;DR: This subject, which was brought so forcibly to the attention of the civilized world by the operations of the Russo-Japanese war in the vicinity of Port Arthur, was one of the questions at the Hague conference last year, being thus brought for the first time to the attentions of an international conference.
Abstract: This subject, which was brought so forcibly to the attention of the civilized world by the operations of the Russo-Japanese war in the vicinity of Port Arthur, was one of the questions at the Hague conference last year, being thus brought for the first time to the attention of an international conference.