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American Contributions to International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Norman A. MacKenzie*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1939

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References

1 23 Proceedings of the Canadian Bar Association (1938), p. 63.

2 “The Nature, Place and Function of International Law Today,” 32 Proceedings of the American Society of International Law (1938), p. 6.

3 Rippy, J. F., Historical Evolution of Hispanic America, p. 438 Google Scholar.

4 Ibid., p. 489.

5 See, among other matters, the measures taken to codify international law, e.g., The Codification of American International Law published by the Pan American Union, 1925 and 1926, and, under same title, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1926.

6 The efforts and contributions of the Argentine Republic should be noted in this connection, e.g., the General Treaty to Develop the Means of Preserving Peace, 1936, and the Argentine Anti-War Pact of 1933. Note, too, the Gondra Treaty of 1923 and the General Treaty of Inter-American Arbitration of 1929.

7 See Fenwick, International Law, 2d ed., pp. 57, 202, 207, and 208. Many other citizens of Latin American countries have made notable contributions to international law, e.g., Alvarez, Bustamante, Yepes, Suarez, Guerrero, among them.

8 The Central American Courtof Justice,” by Hudson, Manley O., Am. Jour. Int. Law, Vol. 26 (1932), p. 759 CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

9 8 Stat. 116, 1 Malloy’s Treaties, p. 590.

10 Professor Schuman is somewhat skeptical of the American effort in the field of arbitration. See his International Policies, 1st ed., p. 214.

11 In the Matter of the Boundary between the Dominion of Canada and the Colony of Newfoundland in the Labrador Peninsula, Report of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. MacKenzie and Laing, Canada and the Law of Nations, p. 33.

12 See Palmer, Consultation and Co-operation in the British Commonwealth, p. 164.

13 See Corbett, The Settlement of Canadian-American Disputes.

14 See Chacko, The International Joint Commission between the United States and Canada, and Papers Relating to the Work of the International Joint Commission, Ottawa, 1929.

15 The I’m Alone, Report of the Commissioners, Ottawa (1935). MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 110.

16 The Cayuga Indians (1926), Nielsen’s Report, p. 307; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 180.

17 North Atlantic Coast Fisheries (1910), Scott, Hague Court Reports (1916), p. 146; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 55.

18 Ibid.

19 The Fur Seal Arbitration, Moore, International Arbitrations, Vol. 1, pp. 755–961; Stowell and Munro, International Cases, Peace, p. 218.

20 The Alaskan Boundary Tribunal (Washington, Government Printing Office).

21 Corbett, op. cit., p. 105.

22 Rex v. Syliboy (1929), 1 D. L. R. 307; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 199.

23 It seems that Patterson, Co. Ct. J., was referring to the earlier (and lower court) decisions in the case of Karnuth v. The United States (1929), 279 U. S. 231.

24 (1925) Ex. C. R. 196; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 488.

25 Secretary of State of Canada v. Alien Property Custodian for the U. S. and Others, (1930) Ex. C. R. 75; (1931) S. C. R. 169; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 496.

26 (1894), 4 Ex. C. R. 283; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 71.

27 (1916), 16 Ex. C. R. 332; 55 S. C. R. 348; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 86.

28 (1931) S. C. R. 374; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 99.

29 (1931) S. C. R. 387; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 105.

30 (1906), 37 N. B. R. 449; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 105.

31 (1933) S. C. R. 36; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 282.

32 (1906) A. C. 542; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 283.

33 (No. 3) (1905), 10 Can. C. C. 80, 11 B. C. R. 436.

34 (1928), 3 D. L. R. 240; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 313.

35 The Brig Dart (1812), Stewart, 301; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 441.

36 The Atalaya, Cook’s Lower Canada Admiralty Court Cases, 1873–84, p. 215; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 530.

37 The Orion (1813), Stewart, 487; MacKenzie and Laing, ibid., p. 530.

38 A New Code of International Law, by Jerome Internoscia (1910). M. Internoscia was born in Italy, but his book, which was published in English, French and Italian, was written in Montreal.