 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1928 - 1120 pages
...Marshall in Poster v. its departments, and those arising from the Neilson, 2 Pet. 314, 7 L. Ed. 415: "A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two...It does not generally effect, of itself, the object the Constitution forbids, or a change in the nature of the government itself, and of that of the states.... | |
 | United States. Court of Customs Appeals - Customs administration - 1913 - 584 pages
...Justice Day and as quoted and affirmed by the Supreme Court ever since in almost every similar case. A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two nations, not a legislative act. 1t does not generally effect of itself the object to be accomplished, especially so far as its operation... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - Copyright - 1930 - 346 pages
...clearly stated by Chief Justice Marshall in Foster & Elam v. Neilson, 2 Pet. 253, 313. as follows : A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two...United States, a different principle is established. Out constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in... | |
 | James La Salle Brown - Copyright - 1936 - 196 pages
...Chierf Justice Marshall In Foster and Elam v. Neilson, 2 Pet. 253, 313, 7 L. Ed. 415, as follows: " 'A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two...carried into execution by the sovereign power of the BILATERAL AGREEMENTS In addition to multilateral conventions on this subject, many countries have entered... | |
 | Law - 1924 - 490 pages
...after calling attention to the fact that elsewhere a treaty is a mere compact between nations, says " In the United States a different principle is established....Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the laud. It is consequently, to be regarded in Courts of justice as equivalent to an 14 Id. Sees. 1 and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - Commercial treaties - 1940 - 1058 pages
...quite true. Mr. McLean. Then we can supplement that by Chief Justice Marshall's observations that: A treaty is, in its nature, a contract between two nations, not a legislative act., t does not generally effect, of itself, the object to be accomplished, especially, o far as its operation... | |
 | United States - Naval law - 1945 - 712 pages
...cannot be protected by the treaty. " (Owlnga v. Norwood's Lessee. 5 Cr. 344, 348, Feb. Term, 1809.) "A treaty is, in Its nature, a contract between two nations, not a legislative act. It doea not generally effect, of itself, the object to be 'accomplished; especially,' so far as its operation... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - Saint Lawrence Seaway - 1945 - 320 pages
...performance of continuous and numerous acts over long periods of time is a treaty. Such a transaction "is in its nature a contract between two nations, not a legislative act." " Under our Constitution the making of the contract calls for the exercise of powers vested jointly... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - Commercial treaties - 1947 - 414 pages
...certain principles which are stated therein. Article II is by its very nature not self -executing. A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations,...infra-territorial ; but is carried into execution by the? soveriegn power of the respective parties to the instrument. In the United States a different principle... | |
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A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations, not a legislative act. It does not generally effect, of itself, the object to be accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infra-territorial ; but is carried into execution by the sovereign... 
