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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827767803321

Autore

Shinohara Hatsue

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-88864-1

1-139-56439-0

1-139-55579-0

1-139-06107-0

1-139-55208-2

1-139-55454-9

1-139-54958-8

1-283-63829-0

1-139-55083-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

341.023/73

Soggetti

Lawyers - United States - History

Practice of law - United States - History

International law - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 again.

Sommario/riassunto

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.