Nomination archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1930
Number:25 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
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)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:Walther Adrian Schücking
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1875
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Professor of Law. Member of the German parliament.
University:Philipps University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
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. Schücking promoted international law and arbitration. He had been associated with the Institute of International Law since 1910. After WWI Schücking became a leading member of the "Deutsche Liga für den Völkervorbund" and he worked primarily on a draft of a covenant for the League of Nations. He was a member of the German delegation to the Versailles peace negotiations. In 1919 Schücking initiated the founding of a new German Inter-Parliamentary Group, over which he presided. He was also a member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
 
Nominator:
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)
 
Comments: Schücking was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. The nominator suggested a divided prize beteen the two nominees.