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American Law Institute Statement of Essential Human Rights Project records
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In the midst of World War II, the American Law Institute convened a committee in 1941 to study the international community's position regarding human rights law. The committee's charge was to develop a Statement of Essential Human Rights, whose goal was "to define the indispensable human rights in terms that would be acceptable to men of good will in all nations." William Draper Lewis, then acting director of the American Law Institute, was chair of the committee and the project's most outspoken advocate, touring the world to deliver speeches on the importance of a code of basic human rights. International in scope and in participation, the committee included representatives from Britain, Canada, China, France, pre-Nazi Germany, Italy, India, Latin America, Poland, Soviet Russia, Spain, and Syria.
A version of the Statement of Essential Human Rights was finalized in 1945. However, the document was not formally adopted by the American Law Institute because of disputes over some of the language in the document, particularly regarding the economic rights of individuals. However, the document proved to be lasting influence on the human rights movement that followed, especially in the drafting of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, promulgated in 1948.
The Statement of Essential Human Rights Records, 1929-1987 and undated, include research material, constitutions, letters, conference and meeting records, drafts, publications, the writings of William Draper Lewis, and other records related to the drafting of the Statement of Essential Human Rights, finalized in 1945. The bulk of the records spans the years 1941 to 1945.
- Research Material
- Constitutions
- Fundraising Applications
- William Draper Lewis' Writings
- Correspondence
- Conference and Meeting Records
- Drafting Records
- Final Versions
- Enrst Rabel Series
- Lucie Krassa Series
- Collateral Studies
- Other Records
Arrangement
First shipment received from the American Law Institute in 1995.
Preliminary container list prepared by Melissa Backes, 1995-2005.
Reprocessed by Jordon Steele, September 2007.
Encoded by Jordon Steele, May 2008.
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- University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
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- Jordon Steele
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
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Collection Inventory
Scope and Contents note
Articles, letters, and other secondary material used by the committee members as background research for the drafting of the Statement of Essential Human Rights. The documents include information on international human rights initiatives occurring prior to the Statement of Essential Human Rights project, including the Atlantic Charter and the "Four Freedoms" address by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
General Physical Description noteAbout 20 items
The four freedoms: from the address of the President of the United States (FDR), delivered before a joint session of the two houses of Congress, Jan. 6, 1941., January 6, 1941.
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The nine freedoms set fourth in the national resources planning board report transmitted to Congress by President Roosevelt, Jan. 14, 1942., January 14, 1942.
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Declaration of principles known as the Atlantic Charter, by the President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Aug. 14, 1941., August 14, 1941.
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Institute of International Law. Oct. 12, 1929? Declaration of the international rights of man., October 12, 1929.
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Provisions of the United States constitution protective of individual rights, with explanatory notes., Unknown.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Constitution (fundamental law)., Unknown.
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Bulletin of the Commission to study the organization of peace. Vol.. 2, no. 7, July, 1942., July, 1942.
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Excerpts from Memorial Day address by Sumner Wells, Under Secretary of State delivered at Arlington National Amphitheater, May 30, 1942., May 30, 1942.
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The individual and international law (protection of the individual against his own state). Memorandum by John B. Whitton, Princeton University, Aug. 12, 1942., August 12, 1942.
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Declaration of the international rights of man adopted by the Institute of International Law at its session of Oct. 12, 1929., October 12, 1929.
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Some general observations on the proposed international bill of rights by Karl Loewenstein. Oct. 25, 1942., October 25, 1942.
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A memorandum on the enumeration and clarification of individual rights by Dr. Ricardo J. Alfaro. Oct. 28, 1942., October 28, 1942.
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Points for discussion by Manley O. Hudson. Nov. 4, 1942., November 4, 1942.
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George M. Wunderlich letter. Jan. 12, 1943., January 12, 1943.
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Preparing an international bill of rights, the German conception. By George M. Wunderlich, New York., Unknown.
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Resolution of eighth international conference of American states, Dec. 23, 1938. Japanese proposal for the covenant, 1919., 1919.
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Miscellaneous secondary sources., 1940's.
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Bibliographic material which may be useful for the study of an international bill of rights but which has not been in whole or in part duplicated., Unknown.
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Karl Lowenstein's list of publications since 1933., Unknown.
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Miscellaneous bibliographic sources., 1941-1942.
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Scope and Contents note
Since the Statement of Essential Human Rights was an international effort, this series includes a sampling of constitutions from various countries, including those from Central America, Europe, and the United Soviet Socialist Republic ( USSR).
General Physical Description noteAbout 30 items
Constitution of Bolivia.
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Explanatory notes for the ALI on the provisions of the Haitian constitution protecting individual rights. By Dr. Clovis Kernisan, jurist in the state department of foreign affairs.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitution of Mexico.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitution of the U.S.S.R. April 9, 1943., April 9, 1943.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitution of Uruguay.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitutions of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitutions of Costa Rica, Nicaragua.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitutions of Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitutions of the Eastern Hemisphere and Bolivia.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitutions of El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia, Panama, Paraguay, Argentina, Cuba, Equador.
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Translation into English of the provisions in respect to individual rights in the constitutions of Europe and Asia and Commonwealth of the Philippines.
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Classification of the individual rights provisions in the constitutions of the Western Hemisphere. Dec. 19, 1942., December 19, 1942.
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Provisions in the current or recent constitutions of the nations of the world stating rights comparable to the rights in the statement of essential human rights submitted by a committee of advisers representing the principal cultures of the world., 1944.
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Social and individual guarantees in the constitutions of Latin America., 1942.
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English translations of miscellaneous foreign constitutions.
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Note: confined to matter in constitutions pertaining to individual rights. By Wm. B. Johnson and others.
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Scope and Contents note
Applications to fund the Statement of Essential Human Rights project, sent to the American Philosophical Society, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Commonwealth Fund.
Physical Description4 Item(s)
American Philosophical Society., 1942-1944.
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace., 1942.
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Commonwealth Fund., 1942-1944.
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Rockefeller Foundation., 1941-1942.
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Scope and Contents note
Speeches, public statements, and memoranda created by William Draper Lewis, committee chair and primary public advocate for the Statement of Essential Human Rights project.
General Physical Description noteAbout 40 items
An International Bill of Rights. To the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA. April 25, 1942., April 25, 1942.
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An International Bill of Rights. Radio Address. May 1, 1942., May 1, 1942.
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An International Bill of Rights. To Sunday Evening Club, Northeast Harbor, ME. Aug. 9, 1942., August 9, 1942.
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An International Bill of Rights. To Federal Bar Association, Philadelphia Chapter. Oct. 28, 1942., October 28, 1942.
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A Just, Endurable Peace. St. Thomas' Church. Jan. 1943., January, 1943.
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A Just and Endurable Peace. Grace Church. Nov. 7, 1943., November 7, 1943.
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Notes for address. Church House, Philadelphia, PA. Feb. 8, 1944., February 8, 1944.
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Some Conditions of a Just and Lasting Peace. United Nations Council of Philadelphia, Jenkintown, PA. March 22, 1944., March 22, 1944.
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Statement of Essential Human Rights by Representatives of the Principal Cultures of the World. To the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA. Nov. 18, 1944., November 18, 1944.
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Miscellaneous statements., 1941-1944.
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Memorandum in re project model international bill of rights. Dec. 6, 1941., December 6, 1941.
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Statement of the project to draft an international bill of rights. April 2, 1942., April 2, 1942.
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Short statement of the institute's international bill of rights project. April 19, 1943., April 19, 1943.
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Report of Wm. D. Lewis, director to the members on the discussion of the international bill of rights project at the annual meeting, May 12, 1943., May 12, 1943.
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Memoranda on the American's lawyer's idea of a bill of rights by Wm. D. Lewis, director. July 6, 1943., July 6, 1943.
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Memorandum on the similarities and differences in personal and social rights by the director. July 29, 1943., July 29, 1943.
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Notes in re international bill of rights project for Herbert F. Goodrich by Wm. D. Lewis. Aug. 12, 1943., August 12, 1943.
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A statement by the director. Sept. 25, 1943., September 25, 1943.
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Memorandum for statement at opening of meeting of advisers, Jan. 8-9, at the American Philosophical Society Building, Jan. 5, 1944., January 5, 1944.
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Miscellaneous personal notes., 1941-1943.
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Scope and Contents note
Letters and related records written to and from advisers, experts on international human rights, and organizations participating in the drafting or funding of the project.
General Physical Description noteAbout 2000 items
Ricardo J. Alfaro., 1942-1944.
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George M. Barakat., 1943-1944.
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Percey E. Corbett., 1942-1944.
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Dr. J. Alvarez del Vayo., 1942-1944.
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Noel T. Dowling., 1942-1944.
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Kenneth Durant, TASS., 1942-1944.
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John R. Ellingston., 1942-1944.
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Herbert F. Goodrich., 1943.
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Hu Shih., 1942-1944.
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Dr. Gerhart Husserl., 1942-1944.
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C. Wilfred Jenks., 1942-1944.
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Hon. Charles E. Kenworthy., 1943-1944.
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Dr. Alfonso Lopez., 1944.
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Karl Loewenstein., 1942-1944.
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K.C. Mahindra., 1943-1944.
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Roland S. Morris., 1942-1944.
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John E. Mulder., 1942-1944.
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George Wharton Pepper., 1942-1944.
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Dr. Ludwik Rajchman., 1942-1944.
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David Riesman, Jr., 1942-1944.
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Warren A. Seavey., 1941-1946.
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Angelo Piero Sereni., 1943-1945.
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Paul Weill., 1943-1944.
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Quincy Wright., 1942-1944.
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Dr. George M. Wunderlich., 1943-1944.
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Title of draft-preference ballot. Ballots of advisers., 1944.
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March-May, 1943., March-May, 1943.
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Re: council draft., 1944.
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Circular letters to all advisers., 1942-1944.
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Lists of advisers, subcommittees, etc., 1941-1942.
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Biographies of advisers., 1944.
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Members of enlarged committee on human rights (to date)., Unknown.
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Organizations that attended the conference on human rights. Apr. 19, 1946., April 19, 1946.
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General correspondence. Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1942., January 1-December 31, 1942.
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General correspondence. Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1943., anuary 1-December 31, 1943.
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General correspondence. Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1944., January 1-December 31, 1944.
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Miscellaneous, Includes letter to Eleanor Roosevelt., 1946.
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General. Re: provenance of the international bill of rights., 1944.
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General-A., 194.
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ACLU committee on international civil liberties. Includes meeting minutes. March 25, 1946., March 25, 1946.
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American Philosophical Society., 1944.
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General-B., 1943.
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Jasper Yeats Brinton., 1944.
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General-C., 1943.
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Manuel Canyes., 1942-1944.
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Committee to promote discussion. Correspondence and other materials., 1944.
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Merton Ferson & D. Montford Melchior. Re: public discussion and distribution., 1944.
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Leo Fishman., 1942.
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Foreign constitutions. Applications of provisions., 1944.
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Victor Jelenko., 1943.
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Philip C. Jessup., 1942-1943.
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Henri Laugier., 1942-1944.
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Hon. Maxim Litvinoff., 1942.
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William Sanders., 1942-1944.
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Durward V. Sandifer., 1942-1944.
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South American Ambassadors. Materials re: operation of constitutional provisions., 1943.
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State Department., 1942.
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Stig Unger, Copenhagen. Re: article in November 1938 issue of the "Svensk Juristtiding" about the ALI., 1939.
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William Roy Vallance, secretary general, Inter-American Bar Association., 1944.
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John B. Whitton., 1942.
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Scope and Contents note
Minutes, letters, and related records regarding outside conferences to which William Draper Lewis and others attended, and American Law Institute meetings in which the committee members participated during the drafting of Statement of Essential Human Rights.
Matter for conference. W.D. Lewis, W.A. Seavey, William Saunders. Oct. 14-15, 1941., October 14-15, 1941.
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Conference concerning legal problems in post-war planning, held in Atlantic City Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 1942, under the auspices of the Division of International Law of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace., February 28-March 1, 1942.
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Minutes of and materials for conference. W.D. Lewis, William Sanders and Percy Corbett. Aug. 22, 1942., August 22, 1942.
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Special invitations to bill of rights session at annual meeting. May 12, 1942., May 12, 1942.
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Materials in re: bill of rights session at annual meeting. May 12, 1943., May 12, 1943.
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Three conferences on some post war problems. Jan. 17, 24, 31., Unknown.
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First conference of small advisory group. Nov. 5-7, 1942., November 5-7, 1942.
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Second conference of the advisers. March 4-6, 1943., March 4-6, 1943.
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Third conference of the advisers. June 11-13, 1943., June 11-13, 1943.
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Jan. 8-9, 1944., January 8-9, 1944.
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Special subcommittee. Aug. 3-7, 1943., August 3-7, 1943.
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Special subcommittee. Oct. 15-17, 1943., October 15-17, 1943.
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Special subcommittee. Dec. 10-12, 1943., December 10-12, 1943.
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Section of the minutes of the 72nd meeting of the Council re: essential human rights. Feb. 1944., February, 1944.
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Scope and Contents note
Drafts, comments, reports to the American Law Institute Council, and related records reflecting the drafting process of the Statement of Essential Human Rights. Aspects represented include the document's Preamble, the
Declaration of Fundamental Individual Rights, free competition, personal rights, political rights, procedural rights, property rights, and social rights. General Physical Description noteAbout 50 items
By Warren A. Seavey and Wm. D. Lewis., 1943.
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Preamble. By John Ellingston., 1943.
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Comments on preamble., 1943.
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Suggestion by W.D.L. to be inserted before the first paragraph on page 5 of proof. Jan. 16, 1945., January 16, 1945.
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Essential human rights with drafts of appendices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8., Unknown.
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The rights of free men (including draft of report to council). Draft submitted by the special committee to the advisers for their consideration on Jan. 8, 9, 1944. Dec. 24, 1943., December 24, 1943.
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The rights of free men (including draft of report to council). Draft submitted by the special committee. Dec. 24, 1953 to the advisers as amended by them at their meeting, Jan. 8-9, 1944 and by the director following their instruction., December 24, 1953.
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A preliminary draft of a declaration of fundamental individual rights. Nov. 23, 1943., November 23, 1943.
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Notes, drafts, comments., Unknown.
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Draft of foreword and miscellaneous notes., Unknown.
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Caveat to the inclusion in the Declaration of essential human rights, the articles relating to social rights. By Warren A. Seavey and copy of the director's letter to Mr. Seavey. Feb. 15, 1944., February 15, 1944.
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Elements of a project for the achievement of free competition. By Corwin D. Edwards, with analysis of contents by W.D.L. Aug. 19, 1943., August 19, 1943.
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Report of sub-committee on personal rights. Freedom of religion. Noel T. Dowling, reporter, et. al. Feb. 25, 1943., February 25, 1943.
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Second TD of he report of the subcommittee on personal rights, including: freedom of opinion and speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and association, freedom of religion. Noel T. Dowling, et. al. June 7, 1943., June 7, 1943.
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Articles on freedom of expression by John E. Mulder. March 22, 1943., March 22, 1943.
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TD on personal rights by Noel T. Dowling., 1942.
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Miscellaneous drafts., 1943.
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Report of subcommittee on political rights. Karl Loewenstein, reporter, et. al. Feb. 16, 1943., February 16, 1943.
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Notes, drafts, comments., 1943.
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Article 16. Political Rights. Karl Loewenstein. Nov. 22, 1943., NOvember 22, 1943.
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Report of sub-committee on procedural rights. Feb. 10, 1943., February 10, 1943.
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Procedural rights-three articles. Sept. 28, 1943., September 28, 1943.
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Suggested compression of comment to article 16. Political rights. By director. Agenda, item 11. Dec. 9, 1943., December 9, 1943.
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Introduction to the consideration of property rights. Submitted to the members of the subcommittee on property by Dr. Ernst Rabel. Jan. 18, 1943., January 23, 1943.
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Majority report of the subcommittee on property. Ernst Rabel, reporter (dissenting from the report), Noel T. Dowling, Warren A. Seavey. Feb. 19, 1943., February 19, 1943.
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Opinion of Dr. Ernst Rabel on the majority report of the sub-committee on property rights. Feb. 23, 1943., February 23, 1943.
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Notes, drafts, comments., 1943.
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Report of subcommittee on social rights. C. Wilfred Jenks, reporter, et. al. Feb. 26, 1943., February 26, 1943.
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Introduction to the comment on articles 1-5, the social rights. By C. Wilfred Jenks. Oct. 11, 1943., October 11, 1943.
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The place of social and economic rights in a statement of essential human rights. By C. Wilfred Jenks. July, 1944., July, 1944.
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Notes, drafts, comments., 1943.
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Comments on articles 16, political rights; article 11, education; article 10, property rights; and article 6., 1943.
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Extracts from letter of December 7, 1943 of Noel T. Dowling., December 7, 1943.
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Results of elimination from articles of all reference to duties of the state. Wm. Draper Lewis., 1943.
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Criticisms and suggestions of advisers on "Rights of free men" for conference., 1944.
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Letter of transmittal to the members of the special committee of the advisers. Nov. 19, 1943., NOvember 19, 1943.
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Suggested preliminary draft of report to council. Nov. 23, 1943., NOvember 23, 1943.
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Director's revised suggested preliminary draft of report to council. Dec. 8, 1943., December 8, 1943.
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Revision of last two paragraphs of page 20. PD, Nov. 23, 1943., NOvember 23, 1943.
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Draft of report to council., 1943.
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Scope and Contents note
Published versions of the final report submitted to the American Law Institute Council in February 1944, and a pamphlet entitled "Statement of Essential Human Rights," published in 1945. The Statement of Essential Human Rights was never formally adopted by the American Law Institute because of disputes over some of the language in the document, particularly regarding the economic rights of individuals.
Physical Description3 Item(s)
Report to the council of the institute and statement of essential human rights by a committee of advisers representing the principal cultures of the world. Feb. 7, 1944. 3 copies., February 7, 1944.
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Report to the council of the institute and statement of essential human rights by a committee of advisers, representing the principal cultures of the world. Resolutions adopted by the council, Feb. 24, 1944., February 24, 1944.
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Statement of essential human rights. Drafted by a committee representing principal cultures of the world, appointed by the ALI. Distributed by Americans United for World Organization, Inc. 1945., 1945.
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Scope and Contents note
Chiefly correspondence between William Draper Lewis and other people regarding Ernst Rabel, who emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1939 and was a scholar of comparative law.
General Physical Description noteAbout 1000 items
Correspondence with and in re: Ernst Rabel., 1946-1947.
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Correspondence with and in re: Ernst Rabel. In re: Das Recht Des Warenverkaufs, vol. 1., 1944-1945.
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Correspondence with and in re: Ernst Rabel., 1942.
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Correspondence with and in re: Ernst Rabel., 1941-1942.
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Correspondence with and in re: Ernst Rabel. Includes index of correspondence and other files. Also Rable's Zeitschrift., 1940-1943.
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Correspondence re: Rabel's treatise on comparative conflict of laws., 1945.
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Photocopies of correspondence by and in re: Ernst Rabel, 1946-1947.
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Correspondence by and in re: Ernst Rabel. Includes contract between Rabel and ALI., 1943.
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Applications to foundations in re: Ernst Rabel., 1944.
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Applications to foundations in re: Ernst Rabel., 1944-1945.
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Applications to foundations in re: Ernst Rabel., 1944-1945.
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Applications to foundations in re: Ernst Rabel., 1945.
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Correspondence in re: Fundamental rights of individuals, a draft of an essay. Includes essay itself., 1942-1944.
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G. Hazard's request for information on Rabel., 1986-1987.
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Torts manuscript and correspondence., 1940.
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The advantages to be derived from a comparative study of the Bustamante code on private international law and the ALI's restatement 0f the law of conflict of laws. William Draper Lewis speech from the proceedings of the 8th scientific congress., 1943.
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With Rabel and Rheinstein re: European annotations., 1940.
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Fundamental rights of individuals, a draft of an essay; Real securities in roman law; et al., 1942-1944.
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Re: Rabel's European annotations., 1940.
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Scope and Contents note
Chiefly commentaries written by Krassa and correspondence between Krassa and William Draper Lewis. Lucie Krassa was a German emigre who performed editorial, translation, and other contract work for the American Law Institute while her husband was teaching at Yale University.
General Physical Description noteAbout 40 items
Abbreviations of provisions in parallel constitutions., 1942-1943.
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Original comments on the substance of the article., 1943.
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Notes, etc. by Lucie Krassa., 1943.
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Correspondence between Wm. Draper Lewis and Lucie Krassa., 1943.
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Arrangement note
Alphabetical by organization or name of publication.
Scope and Contents note
Chiefly letters regarding other organizations that wrote human rights declarations around the time that the American Law Institute was working on its Statement of Essential Human Rights. The organizations represented in this series include the American Bar Association, the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, the
International Law of the Future, and the Twentieth Century Fund. The Commission to Study the Organization of Peace was commissioned by the American Bar Association Journal and was researched and written by Judge Manley O. Hudson. General Physical Description noteAbout 80 items
American Bar Association-section on international and comparative law. Correspondence., 1942-1943.
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Commission to Study the Organization of Peace. Correspondence, discussion draft., 1942, 1945-1946.
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Hudson, Manley O. Correspondence, The International Law of the Future., 1942, 1944.
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Twentieth Century Fund. Correspondence., 1942, 1944.
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Scope and Contents note
Memoranda, notes, translations, and other unclassified records surrounding the creation of the Statement of Essential Human Rights.
General Physical Description noteAbout 20 items
Certificate of incorporation of the ALI., 1923.
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George Wharton Pepper speech: "The lawyer's approach to post war problems.", 1941.
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Preliminary questions., 1946.
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Notes on ALI material on constitutional provisions relating to essential human rights in the various countries of the world., 1946.
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Memorandum of the meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights held April 10, 1946. Confidential draft by Judge Joseph M. Proskauer for Shatwell's committee., 1946.
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Translation of drafts into foreign languages., no date.
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List of documents in archives., no date.
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Key to files., no date.
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