244 FINAL ACT OF SECOND PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 30, 19152 O'CLOCK. 

 Fourth Session of the Subsection on International Law. 



(Meeting Jointly with American Society of International Law and the American Institute of International 



Law.) 



SHOREHAM HOTEL. 



CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY, Chairman. 



The Unification of International Law in the American Continent. 

 VICTOR MAURTUA, of Peru. 



Should International Law be Codified? And if so, Should it be Done 

 Through Governmental Agencies or by Private Scientific Societies? 



ELIHU ROOT, President of the American Society of International 

 Law. 



SIMEON E. BALDWIN, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 

 of Errors of Connecticut. 



ARTHUR K. KUHN, of the New York Bar. 



Informal discussions as to how the societies of international law in the 

 different American countries can best cooperate with each other in 

 promoting their common objects. 



FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 31, 19152 O'CLOCK. 

 First Session of the Subsection on Public Law. 



SHOREHAM HOTEL. 



SIMEON E. BALDWIN, Chairman. 

 Opening of meeting by JAMES BROWN SCOTT. 



The Historical Evolution of Public Law. 



GORDON E. SHERMAN, Professor of Law in Yale University. 



The Relation of Public Law to International Law. 



JUSTICE BEACH, of the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut. 



Criminal Law and Procedure with Special Reference to the Scope and 

 Limits of Jury Trials, and the Several Theories for the Punish- 

 ment of Criminals, and Differences Between the Criminal Pro- 

 cedure of States Following the Civil Law and Those Following the 

 Common Law. 



CHARLES F. McLEAN, formerly Justice of the Supreme Court of New 

 York. 



Paper reported: 



Jos A. VARGAS TORRES, of Colombia. 



