The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations, Volume 2 |
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... side , rather than to disavow all responsibility for actions foreign to its own interests , he is at least sup- ported in this by the opinion of the multitude even at the present time ; and even among jurists the modern conception of ...
... side , rather than to disavow all responsibility for actions foreign to its own interests , he is at least sup- ported in this by the opinion of the multitude even at the present time ; and even among jurists the modern conception of ...
Page 48
... side the scale inclines . In the first place , the prophecy of Isaiah is generally alleged , who says the time shall come , " when nations shall beat their swords into plow - shares , and turn their spears into pruning hooks . Nation ...
... side the scale inclines . In the first place , the prophecy of Isaiah is generally alleged , who says the time shall come , " when nations shall beat their swords into plow - shares , and turn their spears into pruning hooks . Nation ...
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... side by public authority , and on the other by private persons . But private war , from its greater antiquity , is the first subject for inquiry . The proofs that have been already produced , to shew that to repel violence is not ...
... side by public authority , and on the other by private persons . But private war , from its greater antiquity , is the first subject for inquiry . The proofs that have been already produced , to shew that to repel violence is not ...
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... sides , by the sovereign power of the state , and in the next place it must be accompanied with cer- tain formalities . Both of which are so essential that one is insufficient without the other . But Now a public war , LESS SOLEMN , may ...
... sides , by the sovereign power of the state , and in the next place it must be accompanied with cer- tain formalities . Both of which are so essential that one is insufficient without the other . But Now a public war , LESS SOLEMN , may ...
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... side upon his demesnes on condition of their obedience , and of nations submitting by right of conquest . An- other argument is derived from a saying of the Philoso- phers , that all power is conferred for the benefit of the governed ...
... side upon his demesnes on condition of their obedience , and of nations submitting by right of conquest . An- other argument is derived from a saying of the Philoso- phers , that all power is conferred for the benefit of the governed ...
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