1st Edition
Transforming the Politics of International Law The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Formation of the World Court in the League of Nations
Edited By P. Sean Morris
Copyright 2022
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume examines the role of League of Nations committees, particularly the Advisory Committee of Jurists (ACJ) in shaping the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ). The authors explore the contributions of individual jurists and unofficial members in shaping the League’s international legal machinery. It is a companion book to The League of Nations and the... Read more
Foreword
Jan Klabbers
High Liberalism: An Introduction to the Politics of an Intellectual Project
P. Sean Morris
Part I Civilisations, Politics and Scholars: The Origins of the Advisory Committee of Jurists
- ‘Civilization(s)’ and ‘Civilized Nations’ - Of History, Anthropology and International Law
Jakob Zollmann - Crouching Scholars, Hidden Civilizations: Amerindian International Law and the Construction of the International Liberal Order in the Early Twentieth Century
Arthur Roberto Capella Giannattasio - A Political and Legal History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Foundation of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Karin van Leeuwen and Morten Rasmussen - The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Historical Origins of Scholarly Writings as a Source of International Law
P. Sean Morris - Making the Case for Arbitration: Edouard Descamps' Long Advocacy for Peaceful Dispute Resolution
Saskia Millmann - Leg over Leg, the Dog Went to Dover: James Brown Scott’s Long Road to the Advisory Committee of Jurists
Paolo Amorosa - State Practice, the First World Court and Dionisio Anzilotti
Francesco Salerno - Creating Traditions of International Justice: The Case of Nicolas Politis
Marilena Papadaki - Leon Bourgeois: Solidarism, Liberal Political Order, and International Justice
Alexandre Niess & Nathalie Altinok - Scandinavian Legal Internationalism and the Creation of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Haakon Ikonomou and Morten Rasmussen
Part II The Politics of Legal Internationalism: Unofficial Members
Biography
P. Sean Morris is a Research Scholar at the Faculty of Law University of Helsinki and an Affiliated Research Fellow at the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, Finland.
