But what shall we say of certain proposals for revolutionising the law of prize, which still remain for consideration, notably for the establishment of an international Court of Appeal, and for the abolition of contraband?
Holland questions the viability of proposals aimed at fundamentally changing prize law, particularly regarding the establishment of an international court.
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It has now come to cover, and it is the only term which does cover generically, an indeterminate list of unfriendly acts, such as embargo, pacific blockade, seizure of custom-houses, and even occupation of territory, to which resort is had…
The greatest kindness in war is to bring it to a speedy conclusion.
To open and facilitate the settlement of trifling disputes between nations by judicial methods, war being unquestionably a method out of all proportion in such cases.
Every law presupposes an authority to superintend and direct its execution, and international conventions are supported by no such authority.
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