US international lawyers in the interwar years : a forgotten crusade / Hatsue Shinohara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shinohara, Hatsue, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--United States--History.

Lawyers.

Practice of law--United States--History.

Practice of law.

International law--United States--History.

International law.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

In the interwar years, a group of reform-minded American scholars of international law, such as Quincy Wright and Manley Hudson, challenged traditional international law and strove to establish a 'new' international law in which outlawry of war was institutionalized. They highly valued the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact and presented legal arguments in support of them. These scholars were activists in their efforts to promote their views to policy makers and the public. In the US international law community, however, a different group of scholars, notably Edwin Borchard, vehemently opposed the progressive scholars. US International Lawyers in the Interwar Years chronicles those involved in the debate and provides a detailed account of their scholarly works and activities that hitherto have not had the recognition that they deserve.

Contents:

The rise of a new international law

Towards a more ambitious international law

Can international law master war?

Half-victory : international law and the Manchurian incident

For better or for worse : the debate over neutrality

International law in a lawless world

Reconstructing the world order once againches.

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ISBN:

9781139061070

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