...legal obligations. See Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 6 US (2 Cranch) 64, 118 (1804) (Marshall, J.) ("an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...if any other possible construction remains...."). [52] 10 USC §§ 801 et seq. Offenses against the law of war are incorporated in articles 18 and 21...

...statutory construction since the decision in Murray v. The CharmingBetsy, 2 Cranch 64, 1 18 (1804), that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains — " In McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional de Marineros de Honduras, 372 US 10, 20-21 (1963), this principle...

...United States the 'Charming Betsy' doctrine, exemplified by the statement of the Supreme Court that 'an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains', Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy6\3.S. (2 Cranch) 64, 118 (1804). 14 See n. 13 above. The prevalent...

...become amenable to the laws of nations." Eleven years later, Chief Justice John Marshall cautioned that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 20 It is hard for Americans to understand just how highly international law is regarded by other countries....

...regulations, the US Government argued that the WTO ruling constituted "the law of nations," and that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains". See Turtle Island Restoration Network v Donald Evans, 284 F.3d 1282, 1303 (2002) (dissent). 322 Three...

...the US statute consistent with the US international obligations. Chief Justice Marshall wrote that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 6 US 64, at 118, 2 L.Ed. 208 (1804). The Restatement reads that...

...Court he argued that "the law of nations" was part of the common law of the United States, and that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...law of nations if any other possible construction remains."2 This view continued down through the nineteenth century. In the celebrated 1900 case, The...

...early in the history of the Supreme Court. In the case Charming Betsy, Chief Justice Mashall held, 'an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other construction is possible'.16 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) used a similar reasoning in Werner...

...principles of international law. There is support for this approach in the interpretive canon that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other construction remains."53 This rule is a recognition that rational states do not seek to undermine their...

...into the domestic legal order. Since 1804, for example, the Supreme Court has consistently held that "an Act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains. . . ."m Some treaty provisions can be applied directly in US courts if they are considered to be self-executing,...