Emphasis is placed on the extent of the U.N.'s jurisdiction and its role in preventing aggression. Includes criticisms of the U.N. charter.

Louis Leonard Wright's abridgment of this classic work reorganizes some of Wright's material and deletes footnotes and appendixes, but still retains the power and impact of the original.
"The most comprehensive work ever published in any language on the history, the nature, the causes, and the cure of war. . . . "A Study of War" is a liberal education in the social disciplines."--Frederick L. Schuman
"A major contribution to the realistic study of international relations."--Garrett Mattingly, "New York Times"

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The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, Martens, Mackintosh, Wheaton, among others. The materials in this archive are drawn from three world-class American law libraries: the Yale Law Library, the George Washington University Law Library, and the Columbia Law Library.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.+++++++++++++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: +++++++++++++++Yale Law LibraryLP3Y002290019220101The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926An expansion of the essay for which the Henry M. Phillips Prize was awarded on April 23, 1921, by the American Philosophical Society.New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922xxvi, 412 p.; 24 cmUnited States

Text Of The General Act For The Repression Of African Slave Trade, July 2, 1890. Preface By Nicholas Murray Butler.

The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, Martens, Mackintosh, Wheaton, among others. The materials in this archive are drawn from three world-class American law libraries: the Yale Law Library, the George Washington University Law Library, and the Columbia Law Library.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.+++++++++++++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: +++++++++++++++Yale Law LibraryLP3Y007720019160101The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926Published also as University of Illinois studies in the social sciences, vol. v, no. 1, March 1916. Urbana], 1916]1 p. l., 5-264 p. 25 cmUnited States

The author had access to many Japanese texts and private documents dealing with undercurrents of diplomacy and with constitutional history; he also had the advantage of knowing the Japanese attitude towards life and politics, the terrific force of Japan's traditions as they are brought to bear on international relations, while at the same time possessing the necessary perspective provided by occidental training in analysis and criticism. The result is a revealing and careful exposition of the structure and psychology of the Japanese government, from the Emperor down, and the only history of Japanese diplomacy as a cause of war that has ever been written.

Text Of The General Act For The Repression Of African Slave Trade, July 2, 1890. Preface By Nicholas Murray Butler.

The author had access to many Japanese texts and private documents dealing with undercurrents of diplomacy and with constitutional history; he also had the advantage of knowing the Japanese attitude towards life and politics, the terrific force of Japan's traditions as they are brought to bear on international relations, while at the same time possessing the necessary perspective provided by occidental training in analysis and criticism. The result is a revealing and careful exposition of the structure and psychology of the Japanese government, from the Emperor down, and the only history of Japanese diplomacy as a cause of war that has ever been written.

Contributors Include Wendell B. Farris And William L. Ransom.