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U.S. Supreme Court The Paquete Habana, 175 U.S. 677 (1900) The Paquete Habana Nos. 895-896 Argued November 7-8, 1899 Decided January 8, 1900 175 U.S. 677 (1900) APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Syllabus Under the Act of Congress of March …

Part I: The Partition of the Chagos Archipelago and the Haunting Spectre of the South West Africa Cases The advisory proceedings concerning the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 are over, but an opinion that answers the legal questions raised in the request …

Brexit: Causes and Consequences Europe is at an Inflexion Point of Danger The vote by the British people to leave the European Union sent shockwaves across the continent of Europe and beyond. It is the most significant event in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and …

The Jay Treaty. Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, signed at London November 19, 1794, with additional article Original in English. Submitted to the Senate June 8, Resolution of advice and consent, on condition, June 24, 1795. Ratified by the United States August 14, 1795. Ratified by Great Britain October …

Scottish Independence: Political Rhetoric and Legal Realities The recent publication of Professors Crawford and Boyle’s opinion on the international law aspects of Scottish independence is an event not because it says anything new – most commentators (including the present writer) come to the same conclusions – but because it puts …

Boyle and Crawford on Scottish Independence Last month, Joseph Weiler’s post on Catalonian independence and the European Union triggered a lively discussion here on EJIL!Talk (including Nico Krisch’s reply). Yesterday’s publication by the British government of a legal opinion by Alan Boyle of the University of Edinburgh and James Crawford of the …

PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SERIES A. IB. JUDGMENTS, ORDERS AND ADVISORY OPINIONS FASCICULE No. 41 TWENTY-SECOND SESSION September 5th, 1931. CUSTOMS REGIME BETWEEN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA (PROTOCOL OF MARCH 19th, 1931). Treaty of Peace of Saint-Germain of September ioth, 1919, Article 88, and Geneva Protocol No. I of October …

U.S. Supreme Court The Antelope, 23 U.S. 10 Wheat. 66 66 (1825) The Antelope 23 U.S. (10 Wheat.) 66 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GEORGIA Syllabus The African slave trade is contrary to the law of nature, but is not prohibited by the positive law of nations. Although the …

[ADMIRALTY.] THE ANNETTE; THE DORA [1919, fos. 134, 135.] [1919] P. 105   COUNSEL: Bateson K.C. and F. Hinde for the plaintiffs. Dumas for the defendants. SOLICITORS: For the plaintiffs: W. A. Crump & Son. For the defendants: Ince, Colt, Ince & Roscoe. JUDGE: Hill, J. DATES: 1919 Feb. 24, …

  Neutral Citation Number: [2005] EWHC 2704 (Admin) Case No: CO/9133/2005 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE COURT   Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL 25 November 2005 B e f o r e :THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COLLINS and THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE …

By the Arbitrators. BY the terms of the Treaty of Washington the claims of the United States against Great Britain, arising out of depredations committed during the Civil War on American commerce by the Alabama and other cruisers fitted out in England, were submitted to arbitration. There were five arbitrators, …

Suleiman Al-Adsani v Government of Kuwait and Others COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) (Transcript: John Larking) HEARING-DATES: 21 January 1994 21 January 1994   COUNSEL: J MacDonald QC and O Davies for the Plaintiff; The Defendants did not appear and were not represented PANEL: Butler-Sloss, Evans, Rose LJJ JUDGMENTBY-1: EVANS …