...the laic of the land. It is consequently to be re1 Commentaries on the Constitution, § 1838. garded in courts of justice as equivalent to an. Act of the...itself, without the aid of any legislative provision." l This is a decision comparatively recent. But early in our history the authority of treaties was much...

...execution by the legislative power of the respective parties to the instrument. In the United States, the Constitution declares a treaty to be the law 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...

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...declares a treaty to be the law of the land, and Chief Justice Marshall has said " that a treaty is to be regarded, in courts of justice, as equivalent...itself without the aid of any legislative provision." There is no legislation required to put the seventh article in force, and it must become a rule of...

...delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in Fatter v. Million, 2 Pet. 253, said, "Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is con.*oqiicntly to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of Congress, whenever it...

...Turner v. Missionary Union, 5 McLean, 344. A treaty is regarded as equivalent to an act of Congress whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. Foster v. Neilson, 2 Pet. 253; US v. Percheman, 7 Pet. 51 ; US v. Arredondo, 6 Pet. 691; Gordon v....

...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 whenever it operates of itself, without...

...in Foster v. Neilaon, 2 Pet. 253, said : " Our Constitution declares a treaty to bo the law of tho land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts...Legislature whenever it operates of itself without tho aid of any legislative provision." Mr. Justice Iredell, iu Ware v. Hyllon, 3 Dalí. 199, refers...

...the United States, a different principle is established. Our constitution declares a treaty to be a law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded...stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the...

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