This established the principle of international arbitration, and launched a movement to codify public international law with hopes for finding peaceful solutions to international disputes. The arbitration of the "Alabama" claims was a precursor to the Hague Convention, the League of Nations, the World Court, and the United Nations. The Alabama Claims inspired international jurist Gustave Moynier to pursue legal arrangements to enforce international treaties in the 1870s. The Soviet Union carefully studied the "Alabama" claims when assessing whether it could claim damages in response to Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.