Harvard Research in International Law
HeinOnline Specialist
2350 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
Browsing
Harvard Research in International Law: Original Materials
The Harvard Research in International Law was originally published in the American Journal of International Law between 1929 and 1939. The publication was the brainchild of Manley O. Hudson, the Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School, and the first chairman of the International Law Commission (1949-53). The International Law Commission utilized the publication when its work coincided with projects undertaken by the Research, most notably in the drafting of what became the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations 1961 and on Consular Relations 1963, and the piracy provisions of the Geneva Convention on the High Seas 1958.
Within the database, users can view each of the three volumes of original works. By selecting the plus icon next to each volume, they can expand the table of contents to easily select their desired section. There is also an option to search the entire title.
Contemporary Analysis and Appraisal
J. Craig Barker and John P. Grant, the editors of this work, became interested in the Research while exploring the topic for their second edition of the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law. After some investigating, they became aware of a lack of analysis or appraisal of the project, and decided to fill the void.
Grant and Barker recruited experts in the various fields covered by the Harvard Research projects and invited them to contribute an appraisal of each project. The questions they proposed as guidelines for the contributors were: (1) On what basis did the thirteen Harvard projects make their proposals for codification? and (2) What, if anything, has been the continuing impact of these proposals?
The book contains the contributing experts’ evaluations of this grand research project, compiled into fourteen chapters, which are available digitally in this database.
Once within the document, users can browse the table of contents on the left-hand side of the screen, or run a keyword search within the title.
Supplementary Links
Additionally, from the database's landing page, users will see a link to other journal articles written by the contributors to the Harvard Research in International Law.
This link will bring users to a list of authors, from which they can select any author. Each author's link will direct to a list of the author's article's in HeinOnline's Law Journal Library.
In addition, the database home page features a link to other articles within HeinOnline's Law Journal Library that relate to the Harvard Research.
