Conquest and Discovery Confirmed by Compact and the Lapse of

The Papal Bull of 1493

Dispute concerning Nootka Sound.

Disputes concerning North-west Coast of America.

Claim of United States and England to the Oregon Territory

"Maritime Territorial Jurisdiction

Extent of the Term "Coast" or "Shore"

Claims to Portions of the Sea on the Ground of Prescription

Danish Sovereignty over the Sound and Belts

The Baltic Sea, whether mare clausum .

161

162

163

164

Rivers forming part of the Territory of the State

Right of Innocent Passage of Rivers flowing through Different States 193

Incidental Right to use River-banks.

Treaties of Vienna respecting the Great European Rivers

Navigation of the Rhine

Navigation of the Mississippi

Navigation of the St. Lawrence

194-96

. 197

Right to send, and obligation to receive, Public Ministers

Rights of Legation, to what States belonging

207

208

Diplomatic Precedence.

How affected by Civil War or Contest for the Sovereignty
Conditional Reception of Foreign Ministers

Classification of Public Ministers

Consuls and Commercial Agents

Letters of Credence

209

210

.

211 et seq.

214

216

217

Duties of a Public Minister on arriving at his Post

Audience of the Sovereign or Chief Magistrate .

Exceptions to the General Rule of Exemption from the Local

Jurisdiction

225

Personal Exemption extending to his Family, Secretaries, Servants,

&c.

226

Exemption of the Minister's House and Property

227

Public Minister passing through the Territory of another State than
that to which he is Accredited

Discussion between United States and Russia as to Exemption of
Public Ministers from Local Jurisdiction.

Position of Divers Authorities on the Subject.

Duties and Taxes

Freedom of Religious Worship .

248

Consuls not entitled to the Peculiar Privileges of Public Ministers. 249

Termination of Public Mission

Letter of Recall.

250

251

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER II.

Rights of Negotiation and Treaties.

Faculty of Contracting by Treaty, how Limited or Modified

Form of Treaty.

Cartels, Truces, and Capitulations

Sponsions...

Full-power and Ratification.

Justification of refusal to ratify

When a Treaty becomes binding

The Treaty-making Power dependent on the Municipal Con

tion . .

Auxiliary Legislative Measure, how far necessary to the Valid

a Treaty

Freedom of Consent, how far necessary to the Validity of Trea

Transitory Conventions Perpetual in their Nature

Controversy concerning the "North-eastern Fisheries "

Treaties the operation of which ceases in certain Cases

Treaties Revived and Confirmed on the Renewal of Peace

Treaties of Guaranty

Treaties of Alliance

Distinction between General Alliance and Treaties of Limited

cor and Subsidy .

Casus fœderis of a Defensive Alliance

Divers Examples of Defensive Alliance

Hostages for the Execution of Treaties

Interpretation of Treaties

Mediation.

Diplomatic History.

250

251

Enemy's Property found in the Territory on the Commencement of
War, how far liable to Confiscation

298-300

Rule of Reciprocity

Droits of Admiralty

301

302

Seizure of Enemy's Property found within the Territorial Limits of
the Belligerent State on the Declaration of War

Debts due to the Enemy

303

305-308

Trading with the Enemy by Subjects of the Belligerent State unlaw-

ful

Trade with the Common Enemy unlawful on the Part of Allied Sub-

jects

309-15

316

Contracts with the Enemy prohibited

Persons domiciled in the Enemy's Country liable to Reprisals .318, 319

Species of Residence constituting Domicil

The Native Character easily reverts

Persons removing from the Enemy's Country on the Breaking-out of

War (Case of The Ocean)

Produce of the Enemy's Territory considered as Hostile, so long as it

belongs to the Owner of the Soil, whatever may be his National

Limits to the Rights of War against the Person of an Enemy

Exchange of Prisoners of War.

Persons exempt from Acts of Hostility

Enemy's Property, how far subject to Capture and Confiscation

Ravaging of the Enemy's Territory, when lawful

342

343

344

345

346

347 et seq.

Restitution of the Works of Art taken from the Louvre .

Distinction between Private Property taken at Sea and on Land

.352, 353

355

What Persons are authorized to engage in Hostilities against the

SECT.

356

357

358

359

360

361

363-66

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What constitutes a "Setting-forth as a Vessel of War"

Recapture by a Non-commissioned Vessel

Military Salvage for Recapture

Salvage on a Second Recapture, a Rescue, or a Restitution

Rate of Salvage.

Validity of Maritime Captures determined in the Courts of the Cap-

tor's Country.

385

Condemnation of Property lying in the Ports of an Ally

Property carried into a Neutral Port

How far the Jurisdiction of the Captor's Courts is Exclusive

Condemnation by a Consular Tribunal in a Neutral Country

Responsibility of the Captor's Government for the Acts of its Com-

missioned Cruisers and Courts

Unjust Sentence of a Foreign Court is Ground for Reprisal .

Distinction between Municipal Tribunals and Courts of Prize

Report on the Silesian Loan Causes

Title to Real Property, how Transferred in War. Jus Postliminii.

Good Faith towards Enemies

Rules for Interpreting Conventions of Truce.

Recommencement of Hostilities on the Expiration of Truce.

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