Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1933
Number:41 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name:Walther Adrian Schücking
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1875
Year, Death:1935
Profession:Professor of Law. Member of the Permanent Court of International Justice.
University:Philipps University of Marburg
City:Marburg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Motivation:Schücking promoted international law and arbitration. He had been associated with the Institute of International Law since 1910. After WWI Schücking became a leading member of the "Deutsche Liga für den Völkervorbund" and he worked primarily on a draft of a covenant for the League of Nations. He was a member of the German delegation to the Versailles peace negotiations. In 1919 Schücking initiated the founding of a new German Inter-Parliamentary Group, over which he presided. He was also a member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
 
Nominator:
Name:Gustav Radbruch
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1878
Year, Death:1949
Profession:Professor of Law (Jurisprudence)
University:Heidelberg University
City:Heidelberg
Country:GERMANY (DE)
 
Comments: Schücking was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.