International Legal Union

International Legal Union, Union Juridique Internationale
Founded: 1929
Sources: HB 1938

Officers

The Officers of the Union: a Chairman, two Vice-Chairmen and a Secretary-General; a Governing Body of five members.

• Francisco Léon de la Barra Vice Chairman (Vice President)
• Larnaude Chairman (President)
• Louis Le Fur General Secretary (Secretary General)
• Alexandre Millerand Vice Chairman (Vice President)

Seats

• 15, rue Duguay-Trouin: Paris: France
  The sessions of the International Legal Union are usually held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two were held at the Faculty of Law and the Carnegie Trust.

Object

Study of the principal international questions, legal and political, which arise at the present time.

Finances

Contributions from members and grants from certain Governments.

Publications

Meetings and Proceedings of the International Legal Union. Five volumes issued (first two published by Pedone, the other three by Editions Internationales). Several of the above-mentioned works have been issued separately.

Activities

The international Legal Union has usually held one session a year, sometimes two; it has hitherto devoted its meetings to studying the following points: Proposals for the reform of the Covenant of the League of Nations; Draft declaration as to the rights and duties of States; Regionalism (or continentalism) in international law; Draft constitution of a Grand Council of the League of Nations.

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