| John Dodson, Louis (Ship) - 1817 - 84 страници
...muft look to the legal ftandard of morality; and upon a queftion. of this nature, That ftandard muft be found in the Law of Nations as fixed and evidenced...admitted practice, by treaties and by the general tenour of the laws and ordinances and the formal tranfaftions of civilized States; and looking to thofe... | |
| 1826 - 582 страници
...in the administration of law, cannot attribute criminality to an act where the law imputes none. It must look to the legal standard of morality ; and,...upon a question of this nature, that standard must be founded in the law of nations, as fixed and evidenced by general, and ancient, and admitted practice,... | |
| John Dodson - 1828 - 570 страници
...the administration of law, it cannot attribute criminality to an act where the law imputes none. It must look to the legal standard of morality ; and...admitted practice, by treaties and by the general tenour of the laws and ordinances and the formal transactions of civilized states ; and looking to... | |
| Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty, John Dodson - 1828 - 564 страници
...fixed and evidenced by general and ancient and admitted practice, by treaties and by the general tenour of the laws and ordinances and the formal transactions of civilized states ; and looking to those LE™UIs. autnorities, I find a difficulty in maintaining that _ .the traffic is legally criminal.... | |
| Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1830 - 1358 страници
...imputes none. It must look to the legal standard of morality; and upon a question of this n;iiiir , that standard must be found in the Law of Nations,...admitted practice, by Treaties, and by the general tenour of the Laws and Ordinances and the formal transactions of civilized States; and, looking to... | |
| Henry Wheaton - 1836 - 420 страници
...a question of this nature, must be found in the law of nations, as fixed and evidenced by general, ancient, and admitted practice, by treaties, and by the general tenor of the laws, ordinances, and formal transactions of civilized states; and looking to these authorities, the learned... | |
| Henry Wheaton - 1836 - 660 страници
...It must look to the legal standard of morality — a standard which, upon a question of this nature, must be found in the law of nations, as fixed and evidenced by general, ancient, and admitted practice, by treaties, and by the general tenor of the laws, ordinances, and... | |
| John Quincy Adams - 1841 - 140 страници
...in the administration of law, cannot attribute criminality to an act where the law imputes none. It must look to the legal standard of morality ; and...by treaties, and by the general tenor of the laws '• 126 and ordinances, and the formal transactions of civilized states : and looking to these authorities,... | |
| Henry Wheaton - 1842 - 198 страници
...must look to the legal standard of morality, — a standard which, upon a question of this nature, must be found in the law of nations as fixed and evidenced by general, ancient, and admitted practice, by treaties, and by the general tenor of the laws, ordinances, and... | |
| Portfolio - 1844 - 766 страници
...administration of justice, it cannot attribute criminality to an act where the law imputes none. It must look to the legal standard of morality ; and...maintaining that the traffic is legally criminal. " I fear it would have been deemed a most extravagant assumption in any Court of the law of nations... | |
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