Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2017
Election as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal and the assumption of the responsibilities of that post cause reflections on the distinguished history of this publication and upon our present objectives.
1 See Prospectus of the American Society of International Law, reproduced in 1907 Proceedings of the American Society of International Law 35, at 37; or in 1 A.J.I.L. 130, 131 (1907).
2 Editorial comment, understood to be by James Brown Scott, 1 A.J.I.L. 129, 134–135 (1907).
3 See, in particular, George, A. Finch, , “The American Society of International Law, 1906–1956,” 50 A.J.I.L. 293 (1956)Google Scholar.
4 One should also mention Prof. Leo Gross, the present Book Review Editor of the Journal, who during the absence of Prof. Briggs in 1960–1961 shared with the undersigned the duties of Co-Editors of the Journal.