...may be said to be the European custom.) " But in the United States," continues Mr. Lawrence, " the Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the...be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to the act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without any legislative provision, but when...

...courts of justice as equivalent to the act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without any legislative provision, but when the terms of the...stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the...

...sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument. "In the United States a different principle is established. Our Constitution declares a treaty...stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not to the...

...the instrument. Foster 4 Elam v. Neilaon, 2 Peters, 314. In the United States a different principle is established. Our Constitution declares a treaty...justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, wherever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of...

...the instrument. Foster & Elam v. Neilson, 2 Peters, 314. In the United States a different principle is established. Our Constitution declares a treaty...justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, wherever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of...

...sovereign powers of the respective parties to the instrument. In the United States a different principle is established. Our Constitution declares a treaty...of the land. It is consequently to be regarded in the courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, 1 2 Peters' R. 253, 314. whenever...

...instrument. In the United States a different principle is established. Our Constitution declares a treatv to be the law of the land. It is consequently to be regarded in the courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, l 2 Peters' R. 253, 314. whenever...

...British Treaty, by Bache (1796), pp. 374-386 ; 4 Elliot's Debates, 244-248. A treaty is to be regarded by courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature whenever it operates itself 'without the aid of any legislative provision. Foster v. Neilson, 2 Pet. 314. See Jefferson's...

...parties to the instrument. Marshall, CJ 2 Peters1 R. 314. In the United States, a different principle is established. Our constitution declares a treaty...stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the...

...an act of congress." And in Foster v. Neilson (2 Pet. 253, 314), he repeated this in substance : " Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of...itself without the aid of any legislative provision." So in Whitney v. Robertson (124 US 190) : " By the Constitution a treaty is placed on the same footing,...