James Brown Scott

James Brown Scott (June 3, 1866 – June 25, 1943) was an American legal scholar. He founded the law school at University of Southern California and was professor of law at University of Illinois, Columbia University, George Washington University, and Georgetown University. He was editor in chief of the American Journal of International Law, played a key role in founding the American Society of International Law, and was an expert to the United States delegation at the Second Hague Peace Conference.

Early life Scott was born at Kincardine, Canada West to American parents who were temporarily visiting the town. He was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From 1908 to 1916, he lectured at Johns Hopkins.

At the end of World War I, he was appointed to the American Commission to Negotiate Peace. He subsequently served on the drafting committee at the Paris Peace Conference.

Scott was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1930 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1935.

Works

. . . . . The Controversy over Neutral Rights between the United States and France, 1797-1800. 1917. Oxford University Press. The Armed Neutralities of 1780 and 1800. 1918. Oxford University Press. .

The Spanish Origin of International Law-Francisco De Vitoria and His Law of Nations.