| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1933 |
| Number: | 41 - 4 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Walther Adrian Schücking |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1875 |
| Year, Death: | 1935 |
| Profession: | Professor of Law. Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice. |
| University: | Philipps University of Marburg |
| City: | Marburg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Motivation: | Schücking promoted international law and arbitration. He had been associated with the Institute of International Law since 1910. After WWI Schücking became a leading member of the "Deutsche Liga für den Völkervorbund" and he worked primarily on a draft of a covenant for the League of Nations. He was a member of the German delegation to the Versailles peace negotiations. In 1919 Schücking initiated the founding of a new German Inter-Parliamentary Group, over which he presided. He was also a member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Walter Jellinek |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Law (Jurisprudence) |
| University: | Heidelberg University |
| City: | Heidelberg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Schücking was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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