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1 Cases on International Law: Principally Selected from Decisions of English and American Courts (James Brown Scott, ed.) i (1922)

handle is hein.wacas/csintlpr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CASES ON INTERNATIONAL LAW PRINCIPALLY SELECTED FROM DECISIONS OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COURTS EDITED BY JAMES BROWN SCOTT The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that differ- ent nations ought In time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little harm as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.-Baron de Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws, 1748. I am much obliged by the kind present you have made us of your edition of Vattel. It came to us in good season, when the circumstances of a rising state make it necessary frequently to consult the law of nations. Accord- ingly, -that copy which I kept * * * has been continually In the hands of the members of our Congress now sitting.-Benjamin Franklin, 1775. Every nation, on being received, at her own request, into the circle of civ- ilized governments, must understand that she not only attains rights of sovereignty and the dignity of national character, but that she binds herself also to the strict and faithful observance of all those principles, laws, and usages which have obtained currency among civilized states, and which have for their object the mitigation of the miseries of war.-Daniel Web- ster, Secretary of State, to Mr. Thompson, Minister to Mexico, April 15, 1842. AMERICAN CASEBOOK SERIES WILLIAM R. VANCE GENERAL EDITOR ST. PAUL WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY 1922 Digitized from Best Copy Available