...jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination. For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no...must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations.7 The Court therefore reversed the decree and ordered that the proceeds of the sale be restored...

...Paquete Habana, declaring that "International law is part of our law," could look to find it among "the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence of these . . . the works of jurists and commentators, who by years of labor, research, and experience, have...

...statement about the domestic effect of international law with dictum of no less significance: "[WJhere there is no treaty, and no controlling executive or...decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of nations." Id. (emphasis added); see also The Nereide, 13 US (9 Cranch) 388, 423, 3 L.Ed. 769 (1815)...

...jurisdiction as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for the ir deter m ination. For this purpose , where there is no treaty and no...judicial decision , resort must be had to the customs and usage of civilized nations, and. as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators who...

...of public international law. [Citations omitted] . But public international law is controlling only "where there is no treaty and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision ..." ... the Paquette Habana does not support the proposition that the acts of cabinet officers cannot...

...jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination. For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no...had to the customs and usages of civilized nations. What do these words mean? There are, analytically, three situations in which forced abduction might...

...law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction.... For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no...had to the customs and usages of civilized nations Id. at 700, 20 S.Ct. at 299. Obviously, this passage does not contemplate the judicial surrender of...

...jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination. For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no...had to the customs and usages of civilized nations. 3 He qualified the binding effect of customary international law, however, by observing that courts...

...Justice of appropriate jurisdiction... For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no controlling legislative act or judicial decision, resort must...had to the customs and usages of civilized nations." 23. The petitioners argue further that the requirements of Article 37 of the Commission's Regulations...

...that customary international law ("the customs and usages of civilized nations") is part of US law "where there is no treaty and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision "65 Furthermore, while the recently ratified Covenant clearly creates a solemn legal obligation upon...