Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1917
Number:9 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:James Brown Scott
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1866
Year, Death:1943
Profession:Professor of International Law. Member of the Institute of International Law
City:Washington, DC
State:DC
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Scott was secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1911-1940) and director of its Division of International Law. He worked for the US conscription service during WWI, and he was one of the organizers of the US Foreign Policy Conference in New York in 1917. Scott was editor-in-chief of the "American Journal of International Law", and he was the author of "The Status of the International Court of Justice" (1914). He advocated and strongly favored the establishment of an international court of justice.
 
Nominator:
Name:James L Slayden
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Chairman of the US Inter-Parliam. Group
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: The nomination included the pamphlet "Memorial in support of the nomination of James Brown Scott for the Nobel Peace Prize".