Resolutions And Recommendations Of The Conference Of Teachers Of International Law And Related Subjects Held At Washington 1914

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Download or read book Conference of American Teachers of International Law written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Conference of American Teachers of International Law: Held at Washington, D. C., April 23-25, 1914, Upon the Invitation of the American Society on International Law at Its Eighth Annual Meeting The conference of teachers of international law was held at the City of Washington April 23-25, 1914, under the auspices of the American Society of International Law, in order to consider what measures, if any, could properly be taken to arouse a greater interest in international law where taught in American institutions of learning; to secure its introduction in American institutions of learning where it is not taught; to call attention to its importance to lawyers in the practice of their profession; and to suggest the advisability of a knowledge of its principles for admission to the bar; and to show, finally, the necessity of an understanding of the subject by the public at large, which in a democracy such as ours determines in the ultimate resort the foreign policy of the United States. It was felt that none were more competent than the teachers of international law to consider these various questions and to reach wise conclusions upon them, and that any suggestions concerning the teaching of international law in American institutions of learning should properly come from the teachers themselves rather than from those not engaged in the teaching of international law. It was believed - and the proceedings of the conference show that the belief was justified - that a conference of teachers of our leading colleges and universities, in which these subjects could be carefully discussed and considered, would result in fruitful recommendations, and that the teaching profession generally would be able in conference to agree upon recommendations acceptable to the teachers, because the recommendations in question were formulated by the teachers themselves, and acceptable to the public, because of the confidence which the public must necessarily have in the results reached by experts. It is a source of great pleasure to the American Society of International Law to have cooperated in the movement making for a broader and deeper knowledge of international law, and its officers are deeply gratified that the teachers assembled in conference should ask the Society to form a standing committee on the teaching of international law and related subjects, so that this committee, composed of teachers, will in reality continue the conference and put into effect its recommendations and resolutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.