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International Law-International Court Of Justice-Advisory Opinions-Admission To Membership In The United Nations, William C. Gordon

Michigan Law Review

The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and the Statute of the Court forms an integral part of the United Nations Charter. The Court is essentially a continuation of the Permanent Court of International Justice, which operated in connection with the League of Nations. Like its predecessor, the Court is composed of fifteen judges, nominated in a manner designed to ensure impartiality and elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council voting separately upon a list of nominees.

The Preliminary Draft Of A World Constitution, By The Committee To Frame A World Constitution, Ely Culbertson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Reply To Mr. Culbertson, By Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Elisabeth Mann Borgese

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Modern Law Of Nations, By Philip C. Jessup; The International Problem Of Governing Mankind, By Philip C. Jessup, Austin V. Clifford

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

It's Not Law--The War Guilt Trials, Orville C. Snyder

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Annual Survey Of American Law: 1947, Edson R. Sunderland

Michigan Law Review

This is the sixth annual volume in which the faculty of the New York University School of Law has published its summary of the important developments in American law. The magnitude of the task required to produce these volumes would be considered beyond the capacity of the teaching staff of any single law school if the actual publication, year by year, of these monumental surveys did not prove that it could be accomplished.

International Law And Air Transportation, Charles S. Rhyne

Michigan Law Review

There was never a time when the people of this nation were more internationally-minded than they are today. The position of world leadership which has now been assumed by, or thrust upon, the United States makes the study of international relations under international law a most vital subject. It is our purpose here to consider the legal rules which have been and are being developed to govern a field whose technical achievements are one of the primary reasons why lawyers and laymen alike are vitally concerned with international law today-the field of international air transportation.

The Codification Of International Law, James L. Brierly

Michigan Law Review

Any conclusion about the desirability or the practicability of codifying international law ought to be based on a clear idea of what the process would involve, and unfortunately "codification" is an ambiguous word. In the sense in which British and American lawyers use the word it relates to the form in which the law is presented. When we codify, we do not regard the task as one of improving the substance of the law, but as one of collecting the existing rules and stating them concisely and clearly. It is true that, even so, the work must involve some element …

Legal Problems Of German Occupation, Charles Fahy

Michigan Law Review

In early May, 1945, after conflict of almost unimaginable proportions, the ground forces of Germany which were still fighting had been pushed back into the boundaries of Germany; the resistance of its army, navy and air forces was collapsing. The armies of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and France were in actual occupation of practically all of Germany. The German government composed of Hitler and his cabinet had come to an end by the death, capture or flight of its members. Under Hitler's "political testament," however, Admiral Doenitz was recognized as Hitler's successor …

The Legal Status Of Occupied Germany, Max Rheinstein

Michigan Law Review

The unprecedented situation presently existing in Germany has, of necessity, given rise to new and intricate questions of international law. Of these, one set of problems appears to me to deserve special attention because of both their theoretical and practical significance, namely, the problems concerning the legal relations between Germany and .her occupiers.

Van Doren: The Great Rehearsal, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE GREAT REHEARSAL. By Carl Van Doren.

Legal Aspects Of United Nations Citizenship, S. Raymond Dunn

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Book Review. Behind The Silken Curtain By B. C. Crum And Palestine Mission By R. Crossman, Fowler V. Harper

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

The Subjects Of A Modern Law Of Nations, Philip C. Jessup

Michigan Law Review

International law is generally defined or described as law applicable to relations between states. States are said to be the subjects of international law and individuals only its "objects." Treatises on international law accordingly usually proceed at the very outset to examine the nature and essential characteristics of the fictitious jural person known as the state.

The Canadian And British Death Tax Conventions, Alan L. Gornick

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Aeronautic Servitudes: A Comparative Study, José Ignacio Perdomo-Escobar

Michigan Law Review

Air servitudes may be of two types: international servitudes, regulated by the law of nations, or servitudes of domestic public law, regulated by administrative law.

The Immediate Tasks Of International Law And Organization [Part 2], Linden A. Mander

Washington Law Review

A continuation of the article from the January 1946 issue.

The United Nations Organization And International Law, Harrop A. Freeman

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Immediate Tasks Of International Law And Organization [Part 1], Linden A. Mander

Washington Law Review

Within recent years the legal profession has shown remarkable activity in the study of international relations. At Bar Association meetings, resolutions have been adopted; members of the bench and bar have associated themselves with important movements and pronouncements; and international organizations comprising lawyers and judges have borne witness to the widening sphere of interest and action on the part of those to whom law and order make a peculiarly immediate appeal in view of their training and professional activity. The few examples which will be given may serve as justification for an attempt to summarize a number of important developments …

What Of The World Court Now?, C. Sumner Lobingier

Michigan Law Review

The Permanent Court of International Justice was expressly provided for in the League of Nations Covenant (Article XIV) of 1919 and the "Statute" creating it was drafted by an advisory committee of the League, meeting at the Hague, and opened for signature in the following year. By 1921 the ratifications of twenty-eight states put it into effect and the Court was formally opened, with a full quorum of judges, on February 15 (Bentham's birthday) 1922. For nearly twenty years it continued to function and its sessions were suspended only by the presence of the Nazi invaders of the Netherlands.

Law And Administration In Military Occupation: A Review Of Two Recent Books, Wolfgang H. Kraus

Michigan Law Review

Unlike the First World War, the Second World War has already produced at this stage of its progress significant publications concerning the problems of military government which may well assist interested students and practitioners in cutting a path through this thorny field. Occupying the area of enemy countries is a task of which by all odds the most difficult part, that of the occupation of both Germany and Japan, still lies ahead. Two recently published studies, both of them by jurists with a European legal background who are at present engaged in the service of a war agency of the …

How To Obtain Security And A Just And Lasting Peace Through A United Nations Of The World, Hugh Evander Willis

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

How To Obtain Security And A Just And Lasting Peace Through A United Nations Of The World, Hugh Evander Willis

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Development Of International Law In The Western Hemisphere, Karl M. Rodman

Washington Law Review

It is almost axiomatic to say that any development of International Law in the Western Hemisphere must come as a development of the Monroe Doctrine—that all-elastic and heretofore unilateral policy of the United States of America towards Central and South America. This is because no major development of International Law is possible in the Western Hemisphere without the agreement or even leadership of the most powerful nation of that hemisphere. If the United States is to, lead, and past and present movements indicate this fact beyond question, its leadership has always been and is now being expressed in terms of …

The Concept Of "Denial Of Justice" In Latin America, J. Irizarry Y Puente

Michigan Law Review

Much of the credit for the present state of development of the concept of "denial of justice" must go to Latin America. Step by step the efforts of her statesmen, lawmakers and publicists in the spheres of diplomacy, legislation and doctrine, have given the concept a more definite juridical form, and outlined more clearly its frontiers of legitimate action. The concept, far from being now the occasion for diplomatic coercion which it formerly was, is narrowed down to a judicial connotation; and, in this sense, it means that justice has not been done where it should have been.

Its evolution …

Some Legal Aspects Of American Sovereignty, Clarence Emmett Manion

Journal Articles

The advocates of a post-war world security organization are squarely up against the question of "sovereignty." Those who have specifically criticized the suggestion have done so for the reason that it does not go far enough to accomplish its purpose. They contend that the word "sovereign" should be lifted out of all such proposals for the reason that its inclusion will neutralize the effectiveness and destroy the continuity of the proposed association. If through the instrumentality of a treaty, or an executive agreement made pursuant to a joint Congressional resolution or otherwise, the United States government may suddenly take on …

Foreign Intercession On Behalf Of Justice By The United States In The 19th Century, I. Naamani Tarkow

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

International Law - Sovereign Immunity - Immunity From Suit Of Funds Belonging To A Political Subdivision Of A State, Wilbur Jacobs

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, the holder of bonds of defendant, the state of Sao Paulo, one of the federated states of the United States of Brazil, attached funds belonging to the defendant and deposited them in a New York bank to meet payments on the bonds. During the depression there had been a general default by Brazil and its states on their external debts because of the unfavorable trade conditions and consequent lack of dollar exchange. The Aranha plan was devised in 1934 to combat these conditions through control of foreign exchange. Each state was required to deposit with the Bank of Brazil …

Neutral Convoys In Law And Practice, Benjamin Akzin

Michigan Law Review

The following study, based on law and past practice, aims at clarifying the status of neutral convoys in relation to the problem of convoying American supplies to Great Britain in the present war as it stood under the Neutrality Act of 1939. The question at issue touches both upon international law and American constitutional law. Both these aspects are investigated in the following pages.

Niemeyer On Law Without Force, Josef L. Kunz

Michigan Law Review

Whereas Lauterpacht tried to determine the function of law in the international community, Niemeyer investigates the function of politics in international law. His book is on politics, but it is theoretical in its treatment and not political. The book not only represents an ambitious work, but is certainly interesting and stimulating. As to his ideas, Niemeyer derives from Herman Heller, to whom the book is dedicated. Heller's theory of the States is not a legal, but a sociological, a functional theory of the modern, occidental State as it developed since the Renaissance, a theory which stands halfway between Kelsen's "pure …