Some Thoughts on Reading “The Relevance of International Adjudication”

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Man’s success in devising ways and means of limiting and controlling violence in all areas of human relations, domestic, national and international, may well determine his ability to survive upon this planet. This involves the creation of procedures and institutions that will assist in settling disputes and in providing protection for individuals and property. These procedures too must envisage the necessity of development and change, and give hope and encouragement to those who are the “have nots” of this world. It is natural that as a general rule those who are older and have achieved some degree of security and prosperity should wish to retain these. It is equally natural that the young and those without prosperity or security, or those who live in unhappy and unsatisfactory circumstances, should want and work for changes that they believe will bring them what they want and feel they deserve.