Writers on international law... cannot make the law … it must have received the assent of the nations who are to be bound by it. This assent may be express … or may be implied from established usage.


The Queen v. Keyn; "The Franconia" (1876), 2 L. R. Ex. D. 202.

Sir Alexander Cockburn Quotes

Writers on international law... cannot make the law … it must have received the assent of the nations who are to be bound by it. This assent may be ...

Writers on international law... cannot make the law … it must have received the assent of the nations who are to be bound by it. This assent may be ...

Writers on international law... cannot make the law … it must have received the assent of the nations who are to be bound by it. This assent may be ...

Writers on international law... cannot make the law … it must have received the assent of the nations who are to be bound by it. This assent may be ...