Our Martens

This is a biography of the Russian jurist, diplomat and arbitrator F.F. Martens (1845-1909). His reputation suffered during the Soviet era and Cold War, but the effect of his ideas and initiatives can be traced in the legal underpinnings of international human rights conventions and tribunals.

List of contents

Meeting Martens; W.E. Butler. Abbreviations. From the Author. I. The Beginning. II. Professor of Petersburg University. III. International Legal Doctrine of Martens. IV. The Place of Martens in the Science of International Law. V. Jurist, Diplomat, Publicist. VI. The First Hague Peace Conference. VII. International Arbitrator. VIII. Counsellor of Monarch and Ministers. IX. Socio-Political Views of Martens. X. The Peace Treaty with Japan. XI. The Second Hague Peace Conference. XII. Last Years. Annex: Martens' Adveraries as a publicist: Charles Marvin; W.E. Butler. Index of Persons

Product details

• Authors: Butler, William E. Butler, V. V. Pustogarov
• Assisted by: William Elliott Butler (Editor)
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2000
• EAN: 9789041196026
• ISBN: 978-90-411-9602-6
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 699 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law