Experiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations
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Experiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations
German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 62(2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 93–128 | First published online: February 24, 2021
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Christian J. Tams
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian J. Tams\nExperiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations | 93 | ||
| I. Introduction: The Birth of a New World? | 93 | ||
| II. The League’s Life: Three Sketches | 96 | ||
| A. The Covenant | 97 | ||
| 1. An Organisational Statute | 97 | ||
| 2. A Statement of Aims | 98 | ||
| 3. Fluctuating Membership | 100 | ||
| B. The League’s ‘Peace Machinery’ in Practice | 101 | ||
| 1. Early Successes | 101 | ||
| 2. ‘Downhill’ | 93 | ||
| 3. Simple and Complex Explanations | 93 | ||
| C. Expanding Horizons for International Cooperation: The League Beyond Peace and Security | 93 | ||
| 1. Branching Out | 93 | ||
| 2. Beyond ‘Decline and Fall’ | 93 | ||
| 3. Consolidating Growth | 93 | ||
| III. The League’s Legacies: Two Sketches | 94 | ||
| A. The League and International Organisation | 94 | ||
| 1. An Unlikely Blueprint | 94 | ||
| 2. Institutional Architecture | 94 | ||
| 3. Aims and Strategies | 94 | ||
| 4. An International Civil Service | 94 | ||
| B. The League and International Law | 94 | ||
| 1. A New Layer of International Law | 94 | ||
| 2. Towards Concerted Law-Making | 94 | ||
| 3. International Law With International Courts | 95 | ||
| 4. Expanding Horizons | 95 | ||
| IV. Between ‘Failure’ and ‘Blueprint’: Concluding Thoughts | 95 |