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T.M.C. Asser (1838-1913) (2 vols.) - Arthur Eyffinger

T.M.C. Asser (1838-1913) (2 vols.)

'In Quest of Liberty, Justice, and Peace'
Buch | Hardcover
2075 Seiten
2019
Martinus Nijhoff (Verlag)
978-90-04-37572-7 (ISBN)
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This is the first research study on Tobias Asser, the Nobel Peace laureate, based on his personal files. It sheds new light on all aspects of Asser’s imposing career and enlightens the dramatic interaction of the professional and private reaches.
This publication presents a comprehensive review of the life and intellectual legacy of the Dutch Nobel Peace laureate and father of the Hague tradition of international law. It is the first research study based on a wealth of recently disclosed private and family files, and deepens and modifies all earlier evaluations. It enlarges on Asser’s achievements as legal practitioner, university don, pioneer of private international law, diplomat and arbitrator, and State Councillor. It discusses his durable impact as founder of international law bodies and institutions. It likewise highlights the impressive Asser family tradition that exemplifies 19th-century Jewish emancipation in Amsterdam, addresses Asser’s youth and student years, his role as family man and the impact of personal drama on his career.



Detailed Table of Contents.



Layout of the Book.

Arthur Eyffinger is classicist (PhD Amsterdam 1981) and law historian, co-founder of the Grotiana Foundation (1978) and former Head Librarian of the International Court of Justice (1988-2003). He edited works of Hugo Grotius and published monographs on International The Hague.

Foreword by Prof. Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Abbreviations


Introductory Note


Part 1 ‘Of Inconspicuous but Honest Lineage’: The Asser Family


1 The Ancestry
Through the Mists of Time
 1.1 17th Century Amsterdam Jewry
 1.2 The Arrival of the Assers


2 Moses Salomon Asser (1754–1826)
A Rebel with a Cause
 2.1 The Founding Father
 2.2 Economic and Social Crisis
 2.3 The Rise of Moses Salomon
 2.4 Law Reform and Codification
 2.5 Last Years and Demise


3 The Next Generation
Consolidating Success
 3.1 Carel Asser (1780–1836)
 3.2 Tobias Asser (1783–1847)


4 The Grandchildren
‘The Little Darlings’
 4.1 Louis Asser (1802–1850)
 4.2 Anna Gratie Marianne Asser (1807–1893)
 4.3 Eduard Isaac Asser (1809–1894)
 4.4 Carel Daniel Asser (1813–1890)
 4.5 Epilogue


Part 2 ‘Le Monde Marche!’: Tobias Asser: The Early Years


Introductory Note: The Social and Political Context


5 Youth (1838–1855)
A Precocious Youngster
 5.1 Early Childhood
 5.2 Tobie’s Notebook (1848–1849)
 5.3 The Awakening Genius
 5.4 Netje and Her Family
 5.5 Tobias and Jeanne, the First Decade (1850–1860)


6 The Student Years (1855–1860)
‘Aciunt Musae Ingenium’
 6.1 The Programme of Studies in Amsterdam
 6.2 The Programme of Studies at Leiden University
 6.3 Amsterdam Student Society
 6.4 Higher Education in the Dutch Republic (1581–1795)
 6.5 The Amsterdam Athenaeum Illustre
 6.6 The Amsterdam Law Faculty


7 Economic Interests and Liberal Outlook
‘The Liberalism of Optimism’
 Introductory Note
 7.1 The Leiden Prize Competition
 7.2 The Catalysing Effect
 7.3 The Background for Tobias Asser’s Outlook
 7.4 The Origins of Modern Economics
 7.5 The Classical Economists (1775–1875)
 7.6 The International Debate
 7.7 Frédéric Bastiat
 7.8 The Dutch Tradition
 7.9 Simon Vissering


8 The Treatise on the Economic Concept of Value (1858)
‘The Blind and the Lame Writ Large’
 8.1 The Leiden School
 8.2 Asser’s Treatise: The Introductory Note
 8.3 The First Part of the Treatise
 8.4 The Second Part of the Treatise
 8.5 Conclusions
 8.6 Samuel van Houten
 8.7 Nicolaas Pierson


Part 3 ‘The Thread of Ariadne’: A Career and a Life in the Making


9 Constitutional Law and the Policy of Foreign Relations
Jura Majestatica Exterim
 9.1 The Leiden Dissertation
 9.2 The Full Publication
 9.3 The Introductory Note
 9.4 Part I: Issues of War, Peace and Treaties
 9.5 Article 55: The King’s Supremacy in Matters of Foreign Relations
 9.6 Article 56: The King’s Prerogative on the Declaration of War
 9.7 Article 57: The Conclusion of Treaties
 9.8 Part III: Various Issues
 9.9 Part IV: The Constitutional Laws of Other Countries
 9.10 Concluding Remarks on the Interaction of Crown and Parliament
 9.11 The Reception by Colleagues and Friends


10 A Career in the Making (1860–1865)
‘Le Progrès par la Science et la Liberté’
 10.1 The Legal Practitioner
 10.2 The Young Diplomat: The Rhine Commission (1860)
 10.3 The International Lawyer: Couvreur’s Association (1862–1867)


11 Marriage and Family Life: The First Decade
‘I Embrace You and Are Your jeanne!’
 11.1 The Engagement (1863–1864)
 11.2 Wedding and Honeymoon (1864)
 11.3 The Homecoming
 11.4 Marriages of Consanguinity
 11.5 Home Addresses
 11.6 The Years of Bliss
 11.7 The Assers and the Rolins: Family Ties


12 Asser’s Early Political Career
‘A Perceptive but Wavering Politician’
 12.1 A Liberal Shooting Star
 12.2 Michel Henry Godefroi (1813–1882)
 12.3 Elections for Parliament (1870)
 12.4 A Nasty Surprise
 12.5 The Outcome of the Elections
 12.6 A Cabinet Post?
 12.7 The Aftermath


Part 4 ‘On Mercury’s Wings’: The Law of Commerce


13 The Chair at the Athenaeum Illustre (1862–1877)
‘The Herald of Trust/Confidence’
 13.1 The Inaugural Ceremony
 13.2 The Inaugural Address
 13.3 The Law Faculty
 13.4 Asser’s Position in the Faculty


14 Commerce and the Law
The Mercator Sapiens
 14.1 An Uneasy Relationship
 14.2 Tobias’s Reprint (1866) of the Draft of the Triumvirate (1809)
 14.3 The Nineteenth Century Dialogue


15 The ‘Schets van het Nederlandsche Handelsregt’ (1873)
A Lasting Tribute
 15.1 Character and Structure
 15.2 Division I: Commerce in General
 15.3 Division II: Shipping and the Carriage of Goods by Land
 15.4 Division III: Insurance and Bottomry


16 Related Papers on the Law of Commerce
Virtus Post Nummos?
 16.1 The North Sea Canal and Art. 51 of the Code of Commerce (1865)
 16.2 Limited Companies (1862, 1871)
 16.3 Considerations on Civil Imprisonment (1866, 1871)
 16.4 The Amsterdam Collision Clause on Hull Insurance Explained (1868)
 16.5 The Judge of Rhine Navigation (1879)
 16.6 The German Law on Inland Shipping (1896)
 16.7 Evaluation


Part 5 ‘A Scaffolding of Fictions’: The Organization of International Law


Introductory Note


17 La Revue de droit international et de législation comparée (1868)
‘La calme recherche de la vérité et de la justice’
 17.1 The Genesis of an Idea
 17.2 The Implementation
 17.3 Declarations on Principle
 17.4 A Sobering Experience
 17.5 Elections in Belgium and The Netherlands (1870)
 17.6 A Labour of Love


18 The Institut de droit international (1873)
‘The Public Conscience of the Civilised World’
 18.1 The Genesis of an Idea
 18.2 The Opening Ceremony
 18.3 Matters of Policy
 18.4 The Geneva Session (1874)
 18.5 The Hague Session (1875)
 18.6 The Sessions in Zurich and Paris (1877, 1878)
 18.7 The Annuaire / Yearbook


19 The International Law Association (1873)
‘To Promote Common Efforts to the Common Good’
 19.1 The Genesis
 19.2 The Relationship of Idi and Ila
 19.3 The Dutch National Branch of Ila (1875–1880)


20 The Organisation of Pacifism in the Netherlands
Enlightened Self-Interest
 20.1 The Genesis of the International Peace Movement (1815–1870)
 20.2 Early Aspirations in the Netherlands (1820–1870)
 20.3 Tobias Asser’s Involvement (1870–1872)


Part 6 ‘The Brain’s Rack’: Private International Law


Introductory Note


21 The Dutch Tradition
‘Les Hollandais ont frayé la route’
 21.1 The Dutch ‘Elegant’ School
 21.2 The Rebirth of Interest
 21.3 Tobias Asser’s Incentives
 21.4 Revue and Institut (1869–1878)
 21.5 The Dutch Initiative of 1874
 21.6 Growing Opposition


22 The Chair at the University of Amsterdam (1877–1893)
‘The Jewel in the Imperial Crown’
 22.1 A New Course Set
 22.2 Amsterdam’s Economic Resurge
 22.3 Asser’s Status at University
 22.4 The Appraisal by Students
 22.5 Asser’s Silver Jubilee (1887)
 22.6 ‘Droit international privé et droit uniforme’ (1880)
 22.7 The ‘Schets van het Internationaal Privaatregt’ (1880)
 22.8 Asser and Hamaker
 22.9 Asser’s Farewell Address (1893)


23 The Context of the Hague Conferences
All Anchors Adrift
 23.1 A Deep Indent
 23.2 The National Discourse on Suffrage
 23.3 Asser’s Views on Suffrage
 23.4 Asser’s Tract on Constitutional Reform (1887)
 23.5 Political Turbulence
 23.6 ‘Tobi or Not Tobi’: The Elections of 1891
 23.7 A Historic Stroll
 23.8 Towards the Council of State
 23.9 A Critical Family Moment
 23.10 The Move to The Hague


Part 7 Vers L’ Union Judiciaire: The Four Hague Conferences on Private International Law (1893–1904)


Introductory Note


24 The First Conference (12–25 September 1893)
‘Un travail de longue haleine’
 24.1 The Preliminary Work of the Institut (1873–1893)
 24.2 Asser’s Memorandum of August 1893
 24.3 The Opening of the Conference
 24.4 The Work in the Four Commissions
 24.5 The Closing Session
 24.6 The Results of the Conference


25 Three More Conferences (1894–1904)
Mettre fin à l’ incertitude
 25.1 The Second Conference (25 June–13 July 1894)
 25.2 Proceedings
 25.3 The State Commission on Private International Law (1897–1913)
 25.4 The Third Conference (29 May–18 June 1900)
 25.5 The Fourth Conference (16 May–7 June 1904)


26 The Phoenix of the Hague Conference
‘Again This Mysterious Single Body’
 26.1 Contemporary Reviews and Critics at Home
 26.2 Hamaker
 26.3 Josephus Jitta
 26.4 The Shifting Paradigms of Doctrine
 26.5 Kosters’s Inaugural Address (1908)
 26.6 Carel Daniel’s Inaugural Address (1905)
 26.7 The Relaunch of the Conferences
 26.8 Taking Stock after 125 Years


Part 8 ‘The Learned Guide of the Nation’: The Counsellor


27 The Overall Climate
‘A Nation with a Mission’
 27.1 Foreign Policy
 27.2 A Synopsis of Activities


28 In the Service of the Foreign Ministry (1875–1913)
Four Decades of Advice
 28.1 International Rivers (1876–1892)
 28.2 Diplomatic and Consular Law: Venezuela (1876)
 28.3 Issues of Blockade (1877–1891): Advice on the Aceh War (1873–1914)
 28.4 Issues of Neutrality (1877–1889)
 28.5 Issues of Arbitration (1877–1897)
 28.6 Boundary Issues (1889–1892)
 28.7 The Bombardment of Undefended Townships (1889)
 28.8 The Brussels Act on the Slave Trade (1890)
 28.9 The Venezuela Crisis (1907–1908)
 28.10 The River Ems Dispute (1912)


29 In Her Majesty’s Secret Service
A German Plot
 29.1 The North Sea Declaration (1907–1908)
 29.2 Asser’s Advice to Queen Wilhelmina
 29.3 The Dutch Reply
 29.4 Asser’s Second Counsel
 29.5 The Draft Declaration
 29.6 Asser’s Third Advice
 29.7 The New Cabinet
 29.8 Van Heeckeren Van Kell


30 Diplomatic Exams (1878–1913)
A Great Embarrassment
 30.1 The Backdrop
 30.2 Asser’s Involvement
 30.3 The Disenchantement (1909)
 30.4 The Final Years


31 Membership of the Council of State (1893–1913)
Some Thorny Queries
 31.1 The Appointment
 31.2 The Canal of Terneuzen (1895)
 31.3 The Courentyne Boundary Dispute with Britain (1902)
 31.4 The Netherlands—South African Railway Company (1903)
 31.5 Bilateral Arbitration Treaties (1903)
 31.6 Neutrality in the Russo-Japanese War (1904)
 31.7 The Suppression of Telegraph Services in the Dutch Indies (1904)


Illustrations


Part 9 ‘Surtout pas de zèle!’: The International Delegate


Introductory Note


32 The Technical Conferences of the 1880s
The Law in the Service of Progress
 32.1 The Policing of North Sea Fisheries (1882)
 32.2 The Protection of Submarine Telegraph Cables (1884)
 32.3 The Transport of Goods by Rail


33 The Berlin Conference (1884–1885)
The Dice-Play for West Africa
 33.1 Imperialism and Colonialism
 33.2 Colonial Strategies
 33.3 Livingstone and Stanley
 33.4 King Leopold II of Belgium
 33.5 The Status of the Congo Association
 33.6&ems

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