Doctor Francis Lieber's Instructions for the Government of Armies in the Field

In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 13-25

Abstract

International law owes much to American
judges and to American jurists. The list of those
who have contributed to its advancement is not
short and includes the names of Marshall, Story
and Field, Kent, Wheaton, with his able
commentators, Dana and Lawrence, Halleck and
Lieber and, among recent writer's, Taylor, Moore
and Snow. Although his name is not connected with
a general treatise on the subject of public
international law, it may be doubted whether any
of his fellow-workers in that field have rendered
a more important service to humanity and to
international good neighborhood, than has Dr.
Francis Lieber in his memorable "Instructions for
the Government of the Armies of the United States
in the Field."