A Republic of Nations: A Study of the Organization of a Federal League of NationsMinor, Raleigh C. A Republic of Nations: A Study of the Organization of a Federal League of Nations. New York: Oxford University Press, 1918. xxxix, 316 pp. Reprint available January, 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-500-9. Cloth. $95. * Written a year before the Versailles Conference, this book proposes the formation of a league of nations modeled on the government of the United States. (Each nation would be akin to a U.S. state.) Moving from theory to practice, Minor offers an outline of the league and how it would function. The appendix contains the texts of the U.S. Constitution and a proposed constitution of a league of nations in parallel columns. A stimulating contribution to international law, it is equally interesting for its thoughts on the U.S. Constitution. Minor [1869-1923] was a distinguished professor of constitutional and international law at the University of Virginia. |
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Page vii - Net $2.50. Deals with the formation of a permanent league or alliance which, while guaranteeing to each its rightful and proper independence in the control of its internal affairs, will also adequately guarantee each against oppressive and unjust violations of that independence by neighbors stronger or better prepared to utilize their strength. The appendix contains the Constitution of the United States, and a tentative Constitution of the United Nations in parallel columns.