Writers on international law . . . cannot make the law ... it must have received the assent of the nations who are to be bound by it. This assent may be express ... or may be implied from established usage. (Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet)

Writers on international law . . . cannot make the law ... it must have received the assent of the nations who are to be bound by it. This assent may be express ... or may be implied from established usage.

Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet

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