The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
To Found Unique
Academy of Law
A School Unique in Its Object and Pur.
pose, Unique in Its Faculty and
Unique in Its Student Body

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The same master will give thr... ur ,,'.
lessons week, SO that tn, s,,d.n,.
may not be able to follow IN, ,,,,b,nn,
OF all the professors but sha,. b. f,r,oa
to make choice. Such an ur.au,,,,l..
will have to meet various n,o.ss,ios'
the study of special topics VII Ia, NJ,
means of lectures: the cour..~ wont,
give general instruction and th. s.,ri
mars will be devoted To- the '..r,,,,A
study Of the most intercstng ban. y,
international law"
The student body, and this is =. .,r,oa
as most important in the opiniu.. Cd, nr
Scott and the Carnegie Foundat r WIN
lie composed of mon who hay, . .dy
completed their juridlcal stuu.- ana
who desire In the same lectur, in
listen to the lectures Of author. m
International law.
1t is the plan of the founders O. ave
the several Governments assign nom.
bers of the Diplomatic Corps and ,he,
public officials to take the courS. WIN
this end in view Dr. Scott enlisted tho
cooperation of r. NJ. g. Ass,r NJ. ste,
OF State OF Holland who through NJ
Van Swinderen, Dutch Minister or For.
eign Affairs. sounded the diplomatic
representatives OF tn" various M. on.
at The Hague and found them fav,f,b l4
to the idea.
1t has been suggested. and cN,.r1ed
correspondence looking To this end ha,
been carried on, that tho warrior. 10Y.
ernments establish scholarships DBL. m.
academy. These scholarships Wou.I he
| at the disposal of the students oN. .ly
assigned to attend the courses or hose
who might be selected after cum,.i,.
tive examination. The students w.. ba
recruited from the diplomatic ,au-. mar.
military. naval and admnisirat.,. .or.
vices Of the Governments inv ted Z. III.
second Hague peace conference
Among other questions which D-.
Scott has considered and upon Wh. o :
definite conclusion had not been r.t. led
when he went to Europe was III, ,pn.
pensation to be paid the teaching force.
In discussing this question Or SOFT
said:
1T Is felt that the honorarium . I'D
be sufficient to offer an induc.'u.rj 70
the publicists whom we hope t. ,Ie1ge.
hut not large enough to max" l' ti. solo
inducement. 1t should be- ad"pu.'" To-
compensate the lecturers and prof. sors
for the time spent in proportion and 20
meet their expenses at Tn" Hague;
81 ~
would involve sacrifice"
To carry out the plan ~" Dutch COM
mittee having in charge the establish
ment OF Che academy. with the Coop"'I-
ton of DR.. Scott. representing tn 'i--
negie endowment, has created ma
torium. consisting of eleven mon RS,
ten of whom are past presidents of he
Institute Of international Law, ami Z
rs
negie endowment. t. this conn, zoe
has been committed the task of Ia ne
everything in shape, engaging prof ~,,rs
and lecturers and mapping out tn, o.. .rss
of study for the session of 1914.
| The proposal to create an Acad.rs. 81,
International Law was first sugg,- ... IN
1907 by richard Nippold and Il lard
Fleischer 1t was approved by VI N.l-
don. president OF the second II re
peace conference. The proposal nas
officially made to the conference o.. NJ
Sturdza, then Prime Minister . ...
mania. Beyond giving the prur.-d
| hearty approval nothing was du.. ..-
ward establishing 1t until the m,.'.r, :
the Institute Of Internationai Law a,
Christiania in 1912.
This institute represents unofl i''r
t"enty-siN nations. At the 1912 ,.... 0
publicists Of fourteen nations took par,
in the selection Of consultatIt. u.,u.
mittee, to the attention Of whl. me
project was brought by DR. Scott .p.u
this committee there were repre-. r'a-
tlves OF Austria Hungary. BE- .lm.
france. Germany, Great Britain ~ N
ltaiy, Norway and Servia. Aft. O..
discussion. during which Or S,.' e.
planned hat the Carneg!o ond.o ....
was willing to do for the acadcm, ...
project was Endorsed.
The International Law Assoca'i,' ..,
twice approved the project. L"ad.ua
Tic men or various countries Nl..
given 1t their Endorsement. ana a.
academy VIII start ont with u, '.I
approval of the leading publ!cs.S
world.
An interesting feature Of tho
nShiheht OF the academy is tho ir..-
SION mat life size portrait .' n %
| Grotius, the celebrated Dutch r. ..
snail hang upon the walls. CIR IS
regarded as the founder of inter. .'
law ana IN 1919 was banishcd from
iahd' beneath his portrait .u
from which he fled student
over the world will gather To- 80
science or which he was the lin
and teacher.
housed IN the Peace Palace, de-.
I" the advancement of worllNIl, .
supported ny the nations of tl, .
~ scott believes the academy VII
CONSTANT attention to the fact ti..
"a'iohs OF the earth have entered
ne" era in their intcruaiiuua
lations.