ESSAY ON A CONGRESS OF NATIONS

Ladd, William

Item #: 63138

Pages: xlviii, 162 pp.
Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; Reprinted in 2007.

First published in 1840, this was the first importantstatement on the preservation of peace through internationalmediation published in the United States. Anticipating thecreation of the Permanent Court of International Justice andthe League of Nations by a good 75 years, Ladd proposed aninternational "congress with legislative powers" that workedwith a court that enforced its laws and settledinternational disputes. It became a central text forAmerican peace organizations and participants ininternational conferences, and did much to persuadeAmericans to accept the idea of an international peaceorganization.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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