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Scott, James Brown, 1866-1943

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Personal name headingScott, James Brown, 1866-1943
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNew York (N.Y.) Washington (D.C.) Urbana (Ill.) Los Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1866-06-03
Death date1943-06-25
Place of birthKincardine (Ont. : Municipality)
Place of deathAnnapolis (Md.)
Field of activityInternational law International relations Arbitration (International law)
AffiliationHague Academy of International Law
Permanent Court of International Justice
Columbia University. School of Law
Georgetown University. School of Law
University of Southern California. Law Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Law
United States. Department of State
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
American Society of International Law
International Peace Conference (2nd : 1907 : Hague, Netherlands)
Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
Profession or occupationLaw teachers College teachers Authors
Law professor
Found inHis Cases on international law, 1902.
The armed neutralities of 1780 and 1800, 1918: title page (James Brown Scott)
Britannica.com, academic edition, December 18, 2013 (James Brown Scott; born June 3, 1866, Kincardine, Ont., Can.; died June 25, 1943, Annapolis, Md.; American jurist and legal educator, one of the principal early advocates of international arbitration; he played an important part in establishing the Academy of International Law (1914) and the Permanent Court of International Justice (1921); Scott taught law at Columbia and Georgetown universities and was later dean of the law schools of the universities of Southern California and Illinois; he was solicitor to the U.S. Department of State (1906-1910) and secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1910-1940); founder (1906) and president (1929-1939) of the American Society of International Law; delegate to the peace conferences at The Hague (1907) and Paris (1919))
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNn 85351654