Author: Montague Hughes Crackanthorpe

  • Farrer Herschell

    Farrer Herschell Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron (1837-1899), lord chancellor of England, was born on the 2nd of November 1837. His father was the Rev. Ridley Haim Herschell, a native of Strzelno, in Prussian Poland, who, when a young man, exchanged the Jewish faith for Christianity, took a leading part in founding the British Society for…

  • International Arbitration, Historical

    International Arbitration International arbitration is a proceeding in which two nations refer their differences to one or more selected persons, who, after affording to each party an opportunity of being heard, pronounce judgment on the matters at issue. It is understood, unless otherwise expressed, that the judgment shall be in accordance with the law by…

  • Alabama Arbitration

    “Alabama” Arbitration Introduction According to Collier’s New Encyclopedia, the Alabama claims were a “series of claims made in 1871 by the United States against the English Government for damages done to shipping during the Civil War, after a formal discussion between the two governments in 1865, and fruitless conventions for their settlement in 1868 and…

  • Bering Sea Arbitration

    Bering Sea Arbitration Definition The important fishery dispute between Great Britain and the United States, which was closed by this arbitration, arose in the following circumstances. Background In the year 1867 the United States government had purchased from Russia all her territorial rights in Alaska and the adjacent islands. The boundary between the two powers,…