The United States and the World Court As a `Supreme Court of the Nations' Dreams, Illusions and Disillusion:Dreams, Illusions, and Disillusion

Integrating legal and historical materials and insights, Professor Pomerance examines in this volume the troubled saga of the U.S. pursuit of the `Supreme Court of the Nations' idea, from its early pre-World War I origins through the present post-Nicaragua period of U.S. reserve, disillusionment and reassessment.