John Bassett Moore Society of International Law records, 1962/2001

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Extent:
4 Linear Feet
Creator:
John Bassett Moore Society of International Law and University of Virginia. School of Law
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The John Bassett Moore International Law Society records include scrapbooks, tapes, audiocassettes, VHS recordings, and publication materials for The Iran Crisis and International Law, edited by Robert D. Steele and published in 1981.

Biographical / historical:

The John Bassett Moore Society for the extra-curricular study of International Law was founded on 28 February 1951 with thirty-five students that became charter members. The Society was named in honor of John Bassett Moore, a member of the law class of 1880 and permanent United States delegate to the International Court of Justice at the Hague. The first General Secretary of the Society was Harry Inman, a third-year student. A Research Committee and a Publicity Committee were organized to assign research topics and to solicit publication of research papers in law schools and procure speakers. The first chairman of the Research Committee was Robert B. Bottomley, a second-year law student; Donald K. Duvall, also a second-year student, was in charge of the Publicity Committee. Professor Hardy Cross Dillard was their faculty advisor.

The constitution of the John Bassett Moore Society for International Law wanted "to promote a comparative study of the law of nations and thus to foster an intelligent appreciation of international law; to promote greater understanding of international organizations, particularly their functions of (1) effecting by peaceful means, in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, the adjustment of international disputes, and (2) developing friendly relations and cooperation among nations in the solution of international problems of an economic, cultural or humanitarian character; to educate ourselves and our contemporaries by research; discussion meetings; open forums; guest speakers; and appropriate publications in the broad field of international law." (VLW: Vol. III, no. 15, March 1, 1951, p. 3).

Acquisition information:
The John Bassett Moore Society transferred their records to the archives in 1981 and 2008.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard