(ViAj o 1922 



THE CONTROL OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE 

 UNITED STATES: THE RELATIVE RIGHTS, DUTIES, 

 AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRESIDENT, OF 

 THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE, AND OF THE JUDI- 

 CIARY, IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE. 



By Quincy Wright, Esq. 

 (Read April 23, 1921.) 



The Crowned Essay for which the Henry M. Phillips Prize of two thousand 



dollars was azvarded, on April 23, 192 1, by 



The American Philosophical Society. 



ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



Chapter I. The Nature of the Foreign Relations Power 



1. Difficulty in Developing a Legal Theory of the Subject 108 



2. Dual Position of the Foreign Relations Power 109 



3. The International Point of View no 



4. The Constitutional Point of View in 



5. Methods of Reconciling These Points of View 112 



6. Relation of Law and Understandings 113 



7. Constitutional Understandings ; 113 



8. International L^nderstandings 113 



PART II. 



THE POSITION OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS POWER UNDER 

 INTERNATIONAL LAW. 



Chapter II. The Representative Organ of Government. 



9. The Nature of International Law 114 



10. Independence of States 115 



11. The Representative Authority under International Law 117 



12. The President is the Representative Authority in the United States. 123 



PROC. AMER. PHIL. SOC.., VOL. LX., H, MARCH 6, 1922. 



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