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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Masters Theses

1931

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Some Phases Of The History Of The Woman's Movement In Tennessee, Elizabeth Stone Hoyt Aug 1931

Some Phases Of The History Of The Woman's Movement In Tennessee, Elizabeth Stone Hoyt

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The discussion of the woman's movement in this thesis will not refer exclusively to feminine operations for equal suffrage, but will include, also, the intellectual, the political, the humanitarian, and the economic development of women. One cannot say dogmatically that on such a day in such a month of such a year woman started to free herself from her inferior position. The woman's movement, like other great movements, has been in the process of evolution during a long period of time. In practice, woman's position has varied from age to age; but, in theory, woman has not been considered an …


The Interpretation Of Early American Treaties By The Supreme Court Of The United States, Edmund Cody Gass Aug 1931

The Interpretation Of Early American Treaties By The Supreme Court Of The United States, Edmund Cody Gass

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Introduction: One precept of modern international law that eventually gained universal recognition was the right of each state to act as its own interpreter of compacts to which it was a party. This fact arose from necessity, because until recently there was no international tribunal, possessing the attributes of a court of law, competent to pass upon the validity or the construction of treaties in a manner of binding finality. Hence, whenever there have arisen cases involving treaties, each state concerned has acted in the dual capacity of litigant and judge. This situation might easily be regarded as a weakness …