Publications of the

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Division of International Law

Washington

ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE

OF THE STATES OF THE NEW WORLD

BY

ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ

Corresponding Member of the Institut de France, Member of the Institut
de Droit international, Original Member and Secretary General of the
American Institute of International Law, one of the Original Directors of
the Institut des Hautes Etudes internationales at Paris, Member of the
Curatorium of the Academy of International Law at The Hague

NEW YORK

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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LONDON, TORONTO, MELBOURNE, AND BOMBAY