PAIL Institute Publications

PAIL Institute Monograph Series

International Claims: Postwar British Practice

Author(s): Lillich, Richard B.

Hardcover - 192 pages (1967)
ISBN: 1-57588-305-8; LC: 67-20609

Price: US $42.00

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About This Publication

International Claims: Postwar British Practice analyzes the decisions and jurisprudence of Britain's Foreign Compensation Commission.

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About The Author(s)

A founder and President of The PAIL Institute from 1965 until his death, Richard B. Lillich (1933-1996) was a widely-acclaimed international law scholar, teacher, and practitioner. He authored scores of books and articles and frequently served as a consultant to the Office of the Legal Advisor of the US. Department of State. A world-renowned expert in several fields-including human rights, international economic law, and the law of state responsibility — he was unsurpassed in his knowledge of international claims.

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Reviews

Wilson, American Journal of International Law
"In this volume Professor Lillich, whose previous work in the area of international claims is widely known, has provided a careful and critical account of British practice in the post-World-War-II period. . . . Students and practitioners should find this analysis of British practice in claims settlement timely and instructive; particularly for American readers, the author's comparison with American policy and practice in the same general area adds to the value of the study."

Lay & Roye, American Bar Association Journal
"This book is the third in a series which began with International Claims: Their Adjudication by National Commissions (1962) and International Claims: Their Preparation and Presentation (1962). All three books are well written and reflect a thorough knowledge of the subject and careful research. . . . . [This] study should be of maximum value to the British practitioner. It will have limited value to the American except to the extent that it presents an analysis of the international law of claims. The study also should be of substantial value to all students of comparative law of international claims, including Congressional committees responsible for legislative drafting in this area."

Mann, Law Quarterly Review
"Professor Lillich,. . . who, by his earlier studies, has made a name for himself in the somewhat arid field of international claims, has now written what is likely to remain the definitive work on the Foreign Compensation Commission. . . . The unique feature of the learned author's book lies in the fact that he is the only writer who has had access to the Commission's decisions and has had its practice expounded to him in the course of interviews with its officers. . . . [Hence], the practical merit of his work is indubitable and English lawyers should be grateful to an American jurist of considerable experience for the care and acumen with which he has analysed a peculiarly British institution."

Morris, International Journal
"This is another excellent study by Professor Lillich in his series of volumes dealing with various aspects of international claims, a branch of international law that has increased greatly in importance during the postwar years. . . . This is hardly a book for the general reader but it does go beyond the bare scope suggested by the title. What's more, the author has kept it notably readable. For the increasing number of lawyers, politicians, company executives and others who find themselves involved in the presentation of an international claim to the Government, it is warmly recommended."

Seidl-Hohenveldern, Journal de Droit International
"All countries having concluded lump sum settlements (and they are numerous) have a very great interest in taking advantage of the invaluable, and otherwise not easily available, informa- tion furnished by the author."

Weston, Syracuse Law Review
"The author and co-author now of three valuable contributions to the area (not to mention a number of related articles) and the force majeur behind the recently founded Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute, . . . Professor Lillich has not only been filling admirably a critical gap in the literature and re- search of this field, but he has established himself as one of its best students as well. . . . Written with enviable lucidity, [this book] is professional in the best sense. And as the abundant use of primary sources makes clear, it is the product of prodigious effort. In sum, it represents an achievement which this reviewer will be hard put to match."

Chelliah, Indian yearbook of International Affairs
"This book is a valuable addition to the literature on the subject of international claims. Though it is a small book, it is thought-provoking in its approach to the subject . . . . [It] will have a strong appeal to lawyers in many countries."

Connell, Melbourne University Law Review
"General courses in international law cannot afford to avoid any longer the important procedural issues, and, in particular, more attention . . . should be paid to the law of international claims . . . Professor Lillich is to be congratulated on this thoughtful volume. It is with relish that the reviewer looks forward to the next two volumes in the series."

Green, Law Library Journal
"The lates~ volume of (a] series of monographs of pro- cedural aspects of international law . . . confirms Professor Lillich's undoubted leadership in this field . . . . The im- portance of this and its related studies in a time when underdeveloped states are pressing for foreign investment, and investors are concerned about the protection Of their interests, cannot be over-emphasized. Any law library worth the name should contain all the monographs in the series."

Yearbook of World Affairs
"Professor Lillich's imaginative and well ordered inquiry into International Claims: Postwar British Practice, deservedly praised by Professor Andrew Martin in a Foreword of unusual interest, is [a] shrewd analysis of the rather inarticulate practice of the Foreign Compensation Commission in the United Kingdom . . . [and thus] commands a wider interest than a severely procedural study normally could claim."

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Table of Contents

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