| The laws of the Hague establish the rights and obligations incumbent on belligerents. |
| Several of the belligerents in the recent war were not parties to this Convention. |
| All that changed in 1918 when, like two punch-drunk boxers, the belligerents began finally to land blows which had effect. |
| The 1935 act banned munitions exports to belligerents and restricted American travel on belligerent ships. |
| Perhaps these will provide guidance on other unlawful belligerents as well. |
| In cases involving criminal prosecution of unlawful belligerents, this could mean imposing peacetime rules on the collection of evidence. |
