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Myres S. McDougal
Myres Smith McDougal (November 23, 1906 – May 7, 1998) was a scholar of international law and Sterling Professor of International Law at the Yale Law School, where he taught for fifty years. He also taught at New York Law School. He was an influential proponent of a "policy-oriented" approach to international law that became associated with Yale Law School. Early life and education McDougal was born in Burton, Mississippi in 1906. He received undergraduate and LL.B. degrees from the University of Mississippi, where he taught classics for two years, was a Rhodes Scholar at St. John's College in Oxford University, from which he received a B.C.L. in 1930, and received a J.S.D. from Yale Law School in 1931. Career He began teaching property law at Yale in 1934, after spending several years at the University of Illinois in Urbana. During World War II he served as assistant general counsel of the US Lend-Lease Administration in 1942 and general counsel of the US State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Law
International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for states across a broad range of domains, including war, diplomacy, economic relations, and human rights. Scholars distinguish between international legal institutions on the basis of their obligations (the extent to which states are bound to the rules), precision (the extent to which the rules are unambiguous), and delegation (the extent to which third parties have authority to interpret, apply and make rules). The sources of international law include international custom (general state practice accepted as law), treaties, and general principles of law recognized by most national legal systems. Although international law may also be reflected in international comity—the practices adopted by states to maintain good relations and mutua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
