THE

TREATY-MAKING POWER

OF THE

UNITED STATES

BY

CHARLES HENRY BUTLER

OF THE NEW YORK BAR

VOL. II.

PART III. JUDICIAL DECISIONS AFFECTING THE TREATY-MAKING POWER
OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS EXTENT AND APPLICATION

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Copyright, 1902,

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JUDICIAL DECISIONS AFFECTING THE TREATY-MAKING POWER OF

THE UNITED STATES, ITS EXTENT AND APPLICATION.

CHAPTER XI.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN REGARD TO THE RELATIVE EFFECT OF TREATY

STIPULATIONS AND STATE LAWS, PAGES 1-62.

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319-Subject reviewed thus far from historical and not from judi-

cial standpoint...

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320-Views of members of Constitutional Convention not always

followed by courts......

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321-Construction and effect of constitutional provisions to be

determined by courts; President Jackson's views as to

personal construction....

322-Views of publicists and courts as to extent and scope of

treaty-making power..........

323-Treaty-making power to be considered as to scope and ex-

tent, its effect on State legislation, and the relative effect

of treaties and Congressional statutes..

324-First important treaty case; Ware vs. Hylton.....

325-Far-reaching effect of decision in Ware vs. Hylton; five opin-
ions delivered.....

326-Opinions of Justices Chase and Paterson..

327-Opinions of Justices Wilson and Cushing.

328-Justice Iredell's dissenting opinion.....

329-John Marshall's defeat; personnel of the court....

330—Ware vs. Hylton the leading authority for over a century..

331-Fairfax vs. Hunter; Justice Story's opinion; State law and

treaties, 1812...

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332-Chirac vs. Chirac; Chief Justice Marshall's opinion, 1817.. 14

333-The Pollard Case; Justice Baldwin's opinion; 1840....... 18

334-Hauenstein vs. Lynham; Justice Swayne's opinion; 1879.. 20

335-Geofroy vs. Riggs; Justice Field's opinion 1889; the great

extent of the treaty-making power....

336-The Chinese influx; legal questions and treaty rights in-

volved...

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