Sentence examples for laws of nations from inspiring English sources

The authors of the Federalist Papers, she noted, cited the "high importance" of observing the "laws of nations".

Although the final agreement of the conference does not have the force of law, it can be used by women as a statement of international norms when trying to change the laws of nations.

Among the artificial virtues, Hume includes justice, fidelity to promises, allegiance to government, obedience to laws of nations, chastity, and modesty.

If history is divided into divine history, natural history, and human history, then law can be divided into natural law, human law, the laws of nations, public law, and civil law.

We greatly approve the artificial virtues (justice with respect to property, allegiance to government, and dispositions to obey the laws of nations and the rules of modesty and good manners), which (Hume argues) are inventions contrived solely for the interest of society.

The law of nations is the rule of law over war.

"Congress decided that we as a nation would enforce the law of nations," he said.

Emmerich de Vattel, a Swiss pastor and jurist, published "The Law of Nations" in 1758.

This position is much closer to the traditional law of nations, or jus gentium, than to modern international law.

But it adds that because Kosovo is "sub-sovereign" — not a proper nation state — it is not subject to the law of nations.

In the 18th century a new attitude of morality in the law of nations, or international law, had a profound effect upon the problem of prisoners of war.