The League of Nations and the rule of law, 1918-1935 / by Alfred Zimmern
1936, Second Edition. London : Macmillan and Co., Limited. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #478596
Physical description: xiii, 542 pages + [2] pages publisher's list ; 23 cm. Contents: The pre-war system. Diplomacy ; Foreign office ; Conferences ; Secretariats and other permanent organs ; Treaties of guarantee ; The concert of Europe ; Sea-power ; The break-through ; International law ; The Hague conferences ; The Taft and Bryan treaties -- The elements of the covenant. The war-time league ; War-time economic organisation ; An abortive project ; Some unofficial schemes ; A house of lords debate ; The Phillimore Report and the French plan ; A foreign office memorandum ; The Smuts plan ; President Wilson's original league ; The drafting of the covenant ; The finished covenant and its preamble -- The working of the League. What is the League of Nations? ; The history of the League of Nations ; The League as a working machine ; The League and the old diplomacy -- Appendix : the covenant of the League of Nations. Subjects: League of Nations. International law. International relations.
Price: €40.00