Scott, James Brown. Judicial Settlement of Controversies between States of the American Union: An Analysis of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919. xiii, 548 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-066333. ISBN 1-58477-172-0. Cloth. $120. * This volume offers the texts of eighty Supreme Court decisions written between 1799 and 1918 concerning controversies between states, along with extensive analyses and commentaries. These are preceded by three general chapters that examine the rise of judicial procedure between the states, the ability of states to be sued by citizens of other states, and attempts by citizens of states to bring action against other states by methods of indirection. As indicated by the final chapter, "A Lesson For the World at Large," the author has a larger goal in mind. Deeply influenced by the devastation of the First World War, Scott [1866-1943], a participant in the Versailles Conference, aimed to demonstrate that the American legal system that maintains peace between the individual states could serve as a model for the rest of the world.

Excerpt from Judicial Settlement of Controversies Between States of the American Union: An Analysis of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States Reasonable men believe, statesmen profess, and civilization requires that controversies between nations should be settled by peaceable means. Diplomacy has been reinforced by a variety of agencies to accomplish this purpose, but between the breakdown of diplomacy with its various adjuncts and the outbreak of war an effective remedy must be interposed if the peace of the world is to be preserved. The framers of the more perfect union of the American States felt the failures of diplomacy and were unwilling to assume the risk of war in the settlement of their controversies. They created as a conscious substitute for each a Court of the States, in which controversies of a justiciable nature between them have been decided for a century and more, thus creating 'an international, as well as a domestic tribunal, ' to quote the impressive language of Chief Justice Fuller in Kansas v. Colorado (185 U.S. 125, 146-7, decided in 1902), in which 'we apply Federal law, state law, and international law, as the exigencies of the particular case may demand.' The experience of the Union of American States shows that a court of justice can be created for the Society of Nations, occupying a like position and rendering equal, if not greater, services, applying to the solution of controversies between its members Federal law, state law, and international law, as the exigencies of the particular case may demand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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