The American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes was organized in
Baltimore
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on the 6 February 1910, at the residence of
Theodore Marburg. The organization aimed for not only the creation of a permanent
tribunal for the
judicial settlement of international conflicts, but also wanted to create the sentiment that the international controversies should be resolved by a permanent international court.
The American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
(Oct. 1910) ''The American Journal of International Law'' Vol. 4, No. 4. p 930 The Society was the forerunner of the League to Enforce Peace
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, which developed into the League of Nations concept and ultimately into the United Nations.
The Society planned to establish a permanent tribunal at The Hague.
William Howard Taft was its first president. Theodore Marburg was its president from 1913 to 1916.
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