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James Leslie Brierly

James Leslie Brierly

English scholar of international law (1881–1955)

James Leslie Brierly (9 September 1881 – 20 December 1955) was an English scholar of international law.

James Leslie Brierly was born on 9 September 1881 in Huddersfield to Emily Sykes and Sydney Herbert Brierly.[1]

Brierly was a professor of law at the University of Manchester from 1920, Chichele Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at the University of Oxford from 1922 to 1947,[2][3] and the first Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the University of Edinburgh from 1948 to 1951.[1][4]

He died on 20 December 1955 at his home in Headington.[1]

Publications

  • The Law of Nations (1928;[5] 2d edition, 1936;[6] 3d edition, 1942;[7] 4th edition, 1949;[8] 5th edition, 1955;[9] 6th edition, 1963[10])
  • The Outlook for International Law (1944)[11]
  • The Covenant and the Charter (1947)[12]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Waldock, Humphrey (2004). "Brierly, James Leslie". In Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 603–604. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32069. ISBN 0-19-861411-X. OCLC 54778415. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. [2]
    Grant, John P.; Barker, J. Craig, eds. (2009). "Brierly, James Leslie". Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3d ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195389777.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-973854-0. OCLC 462162611.
  3. [3]
    Clapham 2020, p. 28.
  4. [4]
    "General Notes". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 103 (4963): 882–889. 28 October 1955. JSTOR 41364780.
  5. [5]
    Wilson, Robert R. (1929). "Review of The Law of Nations". American Journal of International Law. 23 (2): 478–479. doi:10.2307/2189889. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2189889.
  6. [6]
    Kunz, Josef L. (1937). "Review of The Law of Nations". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 191: 261–262. doi:10.1177/000271623719100175. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1019927. S2CID 144486758.
  7. [7]
    L., K. (1944). "Review of The Law of Nations". Cambridge Law Journal. 8 (3): 340. ISSN 0008-1973. JSTOR 4503485.
  8. [8]
    Wortley, B. A. (1950). "Review of The Law of Nations". Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law. 32: 103–105. ISSN 1479-5949. JSTOR 754383.
  9. [9]
    Johnson, D. H. N. (1956). "Review of The Law of Nations; The Development of International Justice". Modern Law Review. 19 (1): 106–107. ISSN 0026-7961. JSTOR 1092171.
  10. [10]
    Marsh, Norman S. (1963). "Review of The Law of Nations". International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 12 (3): 1049–1050. doi:10.1093/iclqaj/12.3.1049. ISSN 0020-5893. JSTOR 756305.
  11. [11]
    White, Allen Hunter (1946). "Review of The Outlook for International Law". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 94 (2): 259–261. doi:10.2307/3309516. ISSN 0041-9907. JSTOR 3309516. S2CID 153441549.
  12. [12]
    Wight, Martin (1947). "Review of The Covenant and the Charter". International Affairs. 23 (3): 381–382. doi:10.2307/3017242. ISSN 0020-5850. JSTOR 3017242.

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