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to the principle of nationality. The conflict between the two is evident 

 and as it is one of principle it is difficult of compromise. Nevertheless, 

 the Congress recommends the solution of problems of this nature, and 

 ventures a step further in the field of jurisprudence by recommending 

 as far as possible uniformity in legislation as well as in jurisprudence. 

 Whether it would be possible to reach a working compromise in the 

 domain of international private law, and whether it would be possible 

 to secure in any considerable degree uniformity of legislation and of 

 jurisprudence in the various countries, it can not be gainsaid that it 

 is the goal that we of the Americas should have before our eyes. If it 

 be solved the triumph is greater, because of the difficulties, and perhaps 

 a very desire to solve the problems may, with good will, much patience 

 and infinite tact overcome many if not all of the obstacles which stand 

 in the way of the realization of this counsel of perfection which the 

 Congress recommends. 



ARTICLE 36. The Second Pan American Scientific Congress, in order 

 to broaden the outlook and to bring into closer contact the mem- 

 bers of the legal profession, urges that the bar association exchange 

 among themselves : 

 (a) Law books and publications affecting the legal profession 



and the practice of law. 



(6) New codes of law and rules of procedure as they are hereafter 

 published. 



It was natural that the recommendations in Section VI dealing with 

 international law, public law and jurisprudence should cover a very 

 broad field, and that some of them, going beyond the subject-matter, 

 should not merely refer to subjects of international law, of public law, 

 or of jurisprudence, but should suggest that the persons following 

 these various callings regard themselves as bound by the ties of their 

 profession and that, if they were unable to meet personally, there should 

 nevertheless be an exchange of ideas, of ideals, and of the things of the 

 spirit. Therefore, in order to raise the standard, if possible, of the 

 legal profession in all parts of the Americas, the Congress urged that the 

 bar associations made up of the votaries of law should exchange among 

 themselves law books and publications affecting the legal profession 

 and the practice of law; for it was recognized that, without this, they 

 would stand as it were in isolation but that with this exchange there 

 would be developed, little by little, a common knowledge, a common 

 standard, a broader outlook, and a feeling of mutual dependence and 

 respect. This recommendation, seemingly broad, is in reality narrower 

 than that contained in the final paragraphs of the article, because in 



