Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims

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Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims is a collection of influential legal arguments presented by American lawyer William M. Evarts in the international arbitration case between the United States and Great Britain over Civil War-era maritime claims.

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instanceOf collection of legal arguments ⓘ
historical legal document ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
about CSS Alabama ⓘ
Civil War naval operations ⓘ
Confederate commerce raiders ⓘ
Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration ⓘ
Treaty of Washington (1871) ⓘ
United States claims against Great Britain ⓘ
damages for violations of neutrality ⓘ
responsibility of neutral states in wartime ⓘ
rules of neutrality ⓘ
state liability for acts of private vessels ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Geneva arbitration on the Alabama Claims ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Government of the United States ⓘ
associatedWithPerson William M. Evarts ⓘ
author William M. Evarts ⓘ
context settlement of disputes arising from British-built Confederate cruisers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
documentType printed legal argument ⓘ
genre diplomatic history ⓘ
international law ⓘ
legal argument ⓘ
historicalSignificance important example of 19th-century international legal advocacy ⓘ
key source on the U.S. legal position in the Alabama Claims arbitration ⓘ
influenced development of international arbitration practice ⓘ
doctrine of neutral obligations in international law ⓘ
later international claims tribunals ⓘ
jurisdictionDiscussed United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalField law of neutrality ⓘ
public international law ⓘ
state responsibility ⓘ
mainSubject Alabama Claims ⓘ
Civil War-era maritime claims ⓘ
Geneva arbitration ⓘ
United States–Great Britain disputes ⓘ
international arbitration ⓘ
purpose to present and justify the United States claims for damages against Great Britain ⓘ
relatedWork Proceedings of the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration ⓘ
The Treaty of Washington and its Results ⓘ
roleInEvent presentation of the United States legal case ⓘ
timePeriod post–American Civil War era ⓘ
tribunal Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration ⓘ
usedAs reference in studies of the Alabama Claims ⓘ
source in histories of international arbitration ⓘ

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William M. Evarts → notableWork → Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant administration → significantEvent → Alabama Claims settlement with Great Britain ⓘ
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Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims → associatedWithEvent → Geneva arbitration on the Alabama Claims ⓘ
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Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims → relatedWork → Proceedings of the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration ⓘ
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Alabama Claims arbitration → alsoKnownAs → Geneva Arbitration of the Alabama Claims ⓘ
linked to: Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims