# James Leslie Brierly

James Leslie Brierly (9 September 1881 – 20 December 1955) was an English scholar of international law.

## Biography

James Leslie Brierly was born on 9 September 1881 in Huddersfield to Emily Sykes and Sydney Herbert Brierly.
Brierly was a professor of law at the University of Manchester from 1920, Chichele Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford from 1922 to 1947, and the first Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the University of Edinburgh from 1948 to 1951.

## Death

He died on 20 December 1955 at his home in Headington.

## Publications

* The Law of Nations (1928; 2d edition, 1936; 3d edition, 1942; 4th edition, 1949; 5th edition, 1955; 6th edition, 1963)
* The Outlook for International Law (1944)
* The Covenant and the Charter (1947)

## Citations

* 1 2 3 Waldock, Humphrey (2004). "Brierly, James Leslie". In Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 603–604. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32069. ISBN 0-19-861411-X. OCLC 54778415. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
* ↑ Grant, John P.; Barker, J. Craig, eds. (2009). "Brierly, James Leslie". Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3d ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195389777.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-973854-0. OCLC 462162611.
* ↑ Clapham 2020, p. 28.
* ↑ "General Notes". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 103 (4963): 882–889. 28 October 1955. JSTOR 41364780.
* ↑ Wilson, Robert R. (1929). "Review of The Law of Nations". American Journal of International Law. 23 (2): 478–479. doi:10.2307/2189889. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2189889.
* ↑ Kunz, Josef L. (1937). "Review of The Law of Nations". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 191: 261–262. doi:10.1177/000271623719100175. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1019927. S2CID 144486758.
* ↑ L., K. (1944). "Review of The Law of Nations". Cambridge Law Journal. 8 (3): 340. ISSN 0008-1973. JSTOR 4503485.
* ↑ Wortley, B. A. (1950). "Review of The Law of Nations". Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law. 32: 103–105. ISSN 1479-5949. JSTOR 754383.
* ↑ Johnson, D. H. N. (1956). "Review of The Law of Nations; The Development of International Justice". Modern Law Review. 19 (1): 106–107. ISSN 0026-7961. JSTOR 1092171.
* ↑ Marsh, Norman S. (1963). "Review of The Law of Nations". International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 12 (3): 1049–1050. doi:10.1093/iclqaj/12.3.1049. ISSN 0020-5893. JSTOR 756305.
* ↑ White, Allen Hunter (1946). "Review of The Outlook for International Law". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 94 (2): 259–261. doi:10.2307/3309516. ISSN 0041-9907. JSTOR 3309516. S2CID 153441549.
* ↑ Wight, Martin (1947). "Review of The Covenant and the Charter". International Affairs. 23 (3): 381–382. doi:10.2307/3017242. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 3017242.

## Works cited

* Clapham, Andrew (4 November 2020). "James Brierly, The Law of Nations: An Introduction to the International Law of Peace, 1928". In Barrett, Jill; Gauci, Jean-Pierre (eds.). British Contributions to International Law, 1915–2015. Brill Publishers. pp. 27–49. doi:10.1163/9789004386242_003. ISBN 978-90-04-38624-2. S2CID 240604316.