Format:
1 online resource (660 pages)
ISBN:
9789047409335
Content:
Traces the evolution of the organization - American Society of International Law - starting from the historic launch of the organization by such luminaries as Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes, to the era when international law is more and more in the public realm, and its relationship to events in the United States and around the world.
Content:
Intro -- FOREWORD -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- Chapter One THE FORMATIVE YEARS -- A. GETTING STARTED -- 1. The Peace Movement at the Turn of the Twentieth Century -- 2. The Birth of the American Society of International Law -- 3. The Original Goals in Retrospect -- INDEX -- B. GAINING MOMENTUM -- 1. The Early Annual Meetings -- 2. The Early Leaders -- 3. The American Journal of International Law Takes Shape -- C. PERSONALITIES, PROGRAMS AND PROBLEMS -- 1. Attaining Maturity -- 2. The Codification Project -- 3. The Arbitration Dream and the Real World -- 4. James Brown Scott's Flair -- 5. The Society's Operations During the Gathering Storm -- 6. Early Society Efforts to Bolster the Teaching of International Law -- 7. Members and Their Participation -- 8. Annual Meetings in the Years Leading to U.S. Entry into World War I -- 9. The Journal in the Pre-World War I Years -- Chapter Two ADAPTING TO A NEW WORLD -- A. U.S. ENTRY INTO WORLDWAR I AND THE SOCIETY'S RESPONSE -- 1. The Society Off Balance -- 2. The Society and the Post-War Ordering System -- B. THE SOCIETY AND THE PERMANENT COURT -- C. ADMINISTRATION OF THE SOCIETY IN THE WAKE OF WORLDWAR I -- 1. Male and Female -- 2. Seeking Turnover in the Executive Council's Membership -- 3. Improving the Executive Council's Performance -- 4. Helping Out the League of Nations Treaty Series -- D. THE JOURNAL AND ITS EDITORS IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR I -- 1. The Journal's Focus in the Wake of World War I -- 2. Authors and Editors -- 3. Editorial Comments and Editorial Policy -- 4. Referees -- 5. Soliciting Manuscripts -- E. THE END OF AN ERA -- Chapter Three LOOKING FORWARD IN THE TWENTIES -- A. THE CHANGING SCENE IN THE SOCIETY -- 1. Hughes and Finch in Place of Root and Scott -- 2. Amending the Society's Constitution -- 3. Germination of the Regional Meetings Idea.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004150683
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004150683
Language:
English
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