| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1935 |
| Number: | 28 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| 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 |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| 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. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Hans Wehberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1962 |
| Profession: | Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| City: | Düsseldorf |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Wehberg had also signed a letter in favour of Justin Godart. |
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