ABSTRACT
A horde of savages who are in the habit of wandering about together, without king or judge, may be composed of true organisms, families, each with its ruler and Law. On no subject of human interest, except theology, has there been so much loose writing and nebulous speculation as on international Law. The rights of a man in any country, arising from a transaction which has occurred partly in one place and partly in another, or between citizens of different States, may depend, under the Law of that country, upon the difference of locality or citizenship. If the nations who have united to establish the court unite to declare that they will join in carrying out its decrees by force, if necessary, then the rules will become Law in the strictest sense, and each of the nations parties to the establishment of the court will have legal rights and legal duties.
