Conference of American Teachers of International Law (Volume 1 )

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: ... SECOND SESSION Friday, April 24, 1914, 2:30 o'clock p.m. The conference was called to order at 2:30 o'clock p.m., Mr. James Brown Scott presiding. The Chairman. Gentlemen, when we adjourned yesterday morning it was with the understanding that the committees which had terminated their labors should report this afternoon, leaving longer time to the committees that were not in a position to report, that is to say, to postpone the reports of such committees until tomorrow morning. The American Society of International Law was very happy to welcome you here and the appreciation of your conference was voiced by Mr. Root as President of the Society. Permit me to express again our sense of appreciation and the hope, if I dare not say belief, that the result of the labors of the conference will be of very great interest and advantage to international law in the United States. Without further introduction I call upon any committee that is prepared to report. Report Of Committee No. 1. Prof. Hull. Mr. Chairman, Committee No. 1 has done me the honor of asking me to serve as its chairman, and in that capacity I would like to report several recommendations from the committee as a whole. In the first place, our committee has decided to recommend to the conference that a committee of revision should be appointed for the consideration, or rather for the drafting, of the various propositions which will be made to the conference by the various committees. Of course, it seemed to the committee that the substance of the various suggestions should be discussed and agreed upon or rejected by the conference as a whole, but that a committee of revision should take the work of the conference and put the suggestions into better form than it is possible for them to be submitted wit...