TY - BOOK ID - 77932227 TI - The American society of international law's first century : 1906-2006 AU - Kirgis, Frederic L.Jr. AU - American society of international law PY - 2006 SN - 128139890X 9786611398903 9047409337 9789047409335 9004150684 9789004150683 PB - Leiden: Boston, Mass. : Nijhoff, DB - UniCat KW - Internationaal recht. KW - International law KW - International relations and culture KW - Culture and international relations KW - Culture KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Law KW - History. KW - American Society of International Law KW - Sociedad Americana de Derecho Internacional KW - ASIL (American Society of International Law) KW - Geschichte KW - History KW - International law - United States - History KW - International relations and culture - United States - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77932227 AB - From the historic launch of the organization by such luminaries as Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes, to the recent era when international law is more and more in the public realm, Kirgis’s book traces the evolution of the organization and its relationship to events in the United States and around the world. As he says in the preface: '...In the end, the reader will have to make his/her own judgment about how well the Society has run the course it set out for itself in 1906. I hope this book will provide a basis for that judgment. And of course no judgment at this stage can be final. The American Society of International Law will carry on into its second century with new and continuing programs that take into account what it has done in its first one hundred years. It will continue to do its best to demonstrate not only what international law is or should be, but also that, in the words of former ASIL President Louis Henkin, international law matters.' ER -