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Experiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations

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Tams, C. Experiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations. German Yearbook of International Law, 62(1), 93-128. https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.62.1.93
Tams, Christian J. "Experiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations" German Yearbook of International Law 62.1, 2021, 93-128. https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.62.1.93
Tams, Christian J. (2021): Experiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations, in: German Yearbook of International Law, vol. 62, iss. 1, 93-128, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.62.1.93

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Experiments Great and Small: Centenary Reflections on the League of Nations

Tams, Christian J.

German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 62 (2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 93–128

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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