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Definition of Law of nations
1. Noun. The body of laws governing relations between nations.
Generic synonyms: Jurisprudence, Law
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Specialized synonyms: Admiralty Law, Marine Law, Maritime Law
Antonyms: Civil Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Nations
Literary usage of Law of nations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"133): —"The counsel for the United States contended, in argument, that in
determining what rights are recognized by the law of nations, the Tribunal is not ..."
2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"The Law of Nations and the Municipal Law of the several States are essentially
different from each other. They differ, first, as regards their sources. ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"... is called the law of nations) .s § 42. 6. Municipal law.—I44! Thus much I
thought it necessary to premise concerning the law of nature, the revealed law ..."
4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"... importance that the fruits of its labors be brought within the reach of all
who claim an interest in the growth and evolution of the law of nations. ..."
5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1919)
"The first three lectures sketch in broad lines the upbuilding of international
society and the law of nations, from the earliest times to the outbreak of ..."
6. Ethics: Or, Moral Philosophy by Walter Henry Hill (1884)
"PROPOSITION I.—The common law of nations, or the "jus gentium" as explained in
the old schools, is not the same as the ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"Is, then, the slave trade contrary to the law of nations? As to the judicial
precedents, they neutralize each other, if, indeed, the authority of the orig ..."
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