Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1918
Number:7 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Walther Adrian Schücking
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1875
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Professor of Law (Jurisprudence). Member of the Institute of International Law
University:Philipps University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:Schücking promoted international law and arbitration. He criticized the Prussian policy towards Poles and Danes in Schleswig-Holstein, labeling it a product of a "nationalist disease". Schücking contributed to the founding of "Neues Vaterland", he was associated with the Institute of International Law since 1910, and he wrote the book "Der Staatenverband der Haager Konferanzen" (1912).
 
Nominator:
Name:Robert Piloty
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Constitutional Law
University:Würzburg
City:Würzburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)