Feinberg, Nathan Keywords: United Nations | Accession | League of Nations | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Accession | Société des Nations | ABSTRACT The question of the admission of new members to the League of Nations and to the United Nations reflects the deplorable tension in contemporary international relations and the prevailing atmosphere of mistrust. In this course, Nathan Feinberg examines the relevant provisions of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the United Nations Charter by bringing out what is commo…

Schindler, Diètrich Keywords: League of Nations | International arbitration | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Arbitrage international | ABSTRACT Dietrich Schindler points out in his introduction to his course that the international law has made more progress in any field in comparison to the field of conciliation and arbitration since the Hague conference. It is especially that since the creation of the League of Nations, the author continues, the movement for the peaceful settlement of international conflicts ha…

Rauchberg, H. Keywords: League of Nations | Member states | Peacekeeping | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Etats membres | Maintien de la paix | ABSTRACT H. Rauchberg proposes here to study the legal obligations of the Members of the League of Nations for peacekeeping. These obligations stem from the Covenant, which is the Constitution of the League of Nations. It is therefore the Covenant that constitutes a starting point of the study. The author thus successively presents the provisions of the Covenant of the League o…

B. Whitton, John Keywords: League of Nations | Neutrality | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Neutralité | ABSTRACT John B. Whitton points out in the introduction to his course that the experiences of the Great War clearly demonstrate the obsolescence of the concepts of neutrality as previously identified, at least in general practice. It is true, the author notes, that the laws of neutrality are subjected to serious violations by both the combatants during the recent conflict. This observation leads the author to…

Bentwich, Norman Keywords: League of Nations | Mandate | Trusteeship | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Mandats | Régime de tutelle | ABSTRACT The course of Norman Bentwich deals with developments and problems in the warrant system as it emerged in 1929. The author explains in detail the system of government of the countries under mandate, especially in the territories under mandate detached from the former Ottoman Empire, of which he has a rather prolonged experience. The author successively presents the origin and h…

E. Rappard, William Keywords: League of Nations | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | ABSTRACT In this course, William Rappard intends to first of all recall the origins of the League of Nations. He then examines its constitutional structure. He finally takes a look at its functions, that is, its work. In conclusion, the author tries to assess this work. Throughout his talk, the author seeks to show and explain the partial successes which the League of Nations recognized in the accomplishment of some of its seco…

Diena, Giulio Keywords: League of Nations | Mandate | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Mandats | ABSTRACT Giulio Diena presents, in the introduction to the course, international mandates as an institution whose main purpose is to contribute to the well-being and development of people who are not yet able to govern themselves, and who live in territories which, following the (First) World War, ceases to be subjected to the sovereignty of the previously governed States. The author successively studies the system a…

De Brouckère, L. Keywords: League of Nations | Disarmament | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Désarmement | ABSTRACT Louis de Brouckere explains in the introduction to his course that the problem of disarmament is one of the major international problems of which one particularly requires urgent solution in 1928. However, he adds, it would be a mistake if we thought it was a new problem. The author successively studies the disarmament in the context of the peaceful organization of international relations, the disa…

Kunz, Joseph-L. Keywords: League of Nations | Covenant | Renunciation of war | Pacific settlement of disputes | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Pacte | Renonciation à la guerre | Règlement pacifique des différends internationaux | ABSTRACT The Covenant of the League of Nations is a coherent work, notes Joseph Kunz in the introduction to his course. His articles should thus be understood as a part of a system. The systematic study is thus the method followed by the author to give an account of the first paragraph of Article XI of the Covenant, which concerns the prevention of conflicts. Le Pac…

ANDRASSY, Georges Keywords: League of Nations | Sovereignty | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Souveraineté | ABSTRACT Unlimited though it may be, notes Georges Andrassy in the introduction to his course, sovereignty is nevertheless governed by law and consequently knows the inherent limits of the rule of law. A new legislative provision may therefore set new, wider, or narrower limits. This could also be the case with the rules governing the League of Nations and defining its activity. The author begins his cou…

Giorgio Del Vecchio, M. Keywords: League of Nations | Covenant | International law | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Pacte | Droit international | ABSTRACT After a presentation of the legal problem of the unity of the mankind and the idea of the universal empire as the first solution to the problem, Georgio Del Vecchio presents an idea of a federation or League of Nations as the second solution. He successively presents the questions of a basis for the validity of an international agreement. He also examines the Covena…

Matos, José Keywords: United States of America | League of Nations | Mots clefs: Etats-Unis d’Amérique | Société des Nations | ABSTRACT Jose Matos presents in his course a systematic study of the participation of the American continent in international life. After a historical introduction notably devoted to the contribution of Francisco de Vitoria and Francisco Suarez, the author studies the Panaman Congress of 1926. He focuses on Article 21 of the Covenant of the League of Nations and to the doctrine of Monroe. He …

H. Rutgers, V. Keywords: League of Nations | Covenant | Renunciation of war | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Pacte | Renonciation à la guerre | ABSTRACT V. H. Rutgers explains in the introduction to his course that harmony of the Covenant of the League of Nations with the Paris Covenant can be considered in different aspects. If there is a contradiction between the resulting obligations, disparity in the strict sense, incompatibility (for example, if one imposed a military action prohibited by the other), it would be ne…

John Fischer Williams K. C., Sir Keywords: League of Nations | Financial and technical aid | International co-operation | Financial relations | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Aide financière | Coopération internationale | Relations financières | ABSTRACT The study of Sir John Fischer Williams is concerned with the assistance of the wealthiest States to states of less fortunate circumstances in financial matters. All the facts presented by the author are subsequent to First World War. After a presentation of general considerations…

Arangio-Ruiz, Gaetano Keywords: United Nations | Judicial competence | International law and domestic law | League of Nations | Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Nations Unies | Droit international et droit interne | Société des Nations | Compétence étatique | ABSTRACT General Course on Public International Law by Gaetano Arangio-Ruiz, Professor at the University of Rome, focuses on the notion of domestic jurisdiction as a limit to the activity of international legal and political bodies. However, it also t…

Chrétien, M. Keywords: United Nations | International fiscal law | League of Nations | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Droit fiscal international | Société des Nations | ABSTRACT Mr. Chretien writes it is impossible to understand the progressive development of international tax law, which in 1954 is a relatively new science, without knowing the activity exercised by the international organizations worldwide in the solution of the main problems of tax law between the States and their nationals (natural persons and legal persons…

E. Rappard, William Keywords: League of Nations | Nationalism | Economy | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Nationalisme | Economie politique | ABSTRACT After an introductory presentation of the conflict between nationalism and internationalism since the end of the First World War, William Rappard devotes the first chapter to the presentation of economic nationalism, and next devotes the second chapter to the League of Nations. The author later shows the conflict existing between nationalism and economic internationali…

Schücking, W. Keywords: League of Nations | Covenant | Mots clefs: Société des Nations | Pacte | ABSTRACT Walther Schuking explains the idea, the League of Nations is trying to achieve today, is based on the mutual relations of States on the coordination and cooperation of peoples with equal rights, and an idea only a dream of visionary utopians for centuries has today become consistent and embodied in the League of Nations. Walther Schuking begins his course by focusing on the development of the Covenant from it…