The Development Of The American Doctrine Of Jurisdiction Of Courts Over States

The American Society For Judicial Settlement Of International Disputes, Baltimore, MD, 1911; First Edition; 12mo (4 1/2" x 5 7/8"); 69 pages; printed card wraps. Issue No. 4 (May, 1911) of the quarterly publication of the American Society For Judicial Settlement Of International Disputes, world peace organization newly founded for the purpose of establishing an international tribunal for the judicial settlement of international controversies and creating public sentiment at home and abroad to compel nations to submit their disputes to a permanent international legal court. A scholarly treatise examining the American doctrine that disputes between states may under some circumstances properly be settled according to the decision of courts or, put inversely, that courts, under some circumstances, may properly have jurisdiction over states. Authored by brilliant legal mind Alpheus Henry Snow, with a view toward casting some light upon questions which were at the time presenting themselves with regard to the formation of such a court. Fourth publication of The American Society For Judicial Settlement Of International Disputes, founded in April of the previous year by an illustrious group of American lawyers, with William Howard Taft as Honorary President; James Brown Scott, President; John Hays Hammond, Vice-President; Theodore Marburg Secretary; and J.G. Schmidlapp, Treasurer. The original booklet, not a reproduction. Fine condition. Clean, crisp, bright, sharp. Complete list of names of the 57 members of the Advisory Council, national and international on pg. 69. Notice for the Third National Peace Congress to be held in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins Univ. May 3-5 that year on rear cover. A pristine copy.