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SECTION VI. 

 INTERNATIONAL LAW, PUBLIC LAW, AND JURISPRUDENCE. 



INTERNATIONAL LAW. 



The relation of international law to national law in American countries; 



the study of international law in American countries and the 



means by which it may be made more effective. 

 How can the people of the American countries best be impressed with the 



duties and responsibilities of the State in international law ? Are 



there specific American problems of international law? 

 The attitude of American countries toward international arbitration and 



the peaceful settlement of international disputes. 

 Should international law be codified, and if so, should it be done through 



governmental agencies or by private scientific societies ? 

 Mission of the American Institute of International Law. 

 Pan Americanism in the light of the traditional International Policy of 



Argentina. 



PUBLIC LAW. 



The relation of public law to international law; the historical evolution 

 of public law; public law as affecting legal procedure in civil 

 causes. 



The effect of American public law on our written constitutions. 



a. In their bearing on the sovereignty of the State. 



b. Constitutional provisions making treaties law. 



Is there an American public law that can be differentiated from that 

 of other continents? 



The power of the President to dictate by-laws and regulations; presidential 

 and parliamentary government on the American continent in State 

 and Nation. 



Criminal law and procedure with special reference to the scope and 

 limits of jury trials and the several theories for the punishment 

 of criminals, and differences between the criminal procedures of 

 States following the civil law and those following the common law. 



JURISPRUDENCE. 



Recent law reforms in the United States of America; the extra-territorial 

 effect of criminal statutes; the International assimilation of law 

 its need and its possibilities from the American standpoint; judi- 

 cial organization with special reference to the nomination or election 

 of judges; organization and functions of the minor judiciary; 

 how lawyers of one country may be more easily and effectively 

 made acquainted with the laws of another country; a study in 

 Mexican law. 



