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
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Christian J. Tams
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Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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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 |