Integrating international law into inter-state relations: The Belgian jurists at Versailles in 1919
Genin, Vincent
Integrating international law into inter-state relations: The Belgian jurists at Versailles in 1919 - 2018.
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This work discusses the role played by Belgian jurists at the 1919 Versailles Peace Conference, which signaled the beginning of modern international law’s active phase. A small country that had repealed its neutrality and was recognized for its economic expansion, August 1914 “martyr” Belgium mobilized arguments on legal expertise in order to approach a large-scale international negotiation where, to its surprise, its claims would be little heard. This study aims to identify the relative weight of Belgian jurists in the decision-making process in Versailles but also what they express about a country that had lost influence and whose position in the world was at a turning point.
Integrating international law into inter-state relations: The Belgian jurists at Versailles in 1919 - 2018.
73
This work discusses the role played by Belgian jurists at the 1919 Versailles Peace Conference, which signaled the beginning of modern international law’s active phase. A small country that had repealed its neutrality and was recognized for its economic expansion, August 1914 “martyr” Belgium mobilized arguments on legal expertise in order to approach a large-scale international negotiation where, to its surprise, its claims would be little heard. This study aims to identify the relative weight of Belgian jurists in the decision-making process in Versailles but also what they express about a country that had lost influence and whose position in the world was at a turning point.
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