Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
I am honored by the kind remarks and insightful comments of Bill Alford, Harold Koh, John Noyes, and Scott Horton about The American Tradition of International Law: Great Expectations 1789-1914. My heart-felt thanks to these distinguished international lawyers and to Connecticut deans Phillip Blumberg, Hugh Macgill, and Nell Newton, who have been so supportive of my work over the years.
All of the commentators have extrapolated lessons from the book and its period to remark upon the present day situation of American international law. They are entirely right to do so. Besides conveying, I hope, a faithful (albeit like the book's cover) impressionistic picture of the 19'h century, if my intellectual history is to have any value, it will be in helping explain why we modem Americans think as we do about international law. In this vein, let me add just a quick word about what I see as the book's mission.
Recommended Citation
Janis, Mark Weston, "The American Tradition of International Law: Exceptionalism and Universalism" (2006). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 452.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/452
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