Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims

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Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims is a collection of influential legal arguments presented by American lawyer William M. Evarts in the international arbitration case between the United States and Great Britain over Civil War-era maritime claims.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of legal arguments
historical legal document
legal treatise
about CSS Alabama
Civil War naval operations
Confederate commerce raiders
Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration
Treaty of Washington (1871)
United States claims against Great Britain
damages for violations of neutrality
responsibility of neutral states in wartime
rules of neutrality
state liability for acts of private vessels
associatedWithEvent Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims self-linksurface differs
surface form: Geneva arbitration on the Alabama Claims
associatedWithOrganization United States government
surface form: Government of the United States
associatedWithPerson William M. Evarts
author William M. Evarts
context settlement of disputes arising from British-built Confederate cruisers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
documentType printed legal argument
genre diplomatic history
international law
legal argument
historicalSignificance important example of 19th-century international legal advocacy
key source on the U.S. legal position in the Alabama Claims arbitration
influenced development of international arbitration practice
doctrine of neutral obligations in international law
later international claims tribunals
jurisdictionDiscussed United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
language English
legalField law of neutrality
public international law
state responsibility
mainSubject Alabama Claims arbitration
surface form: Alabama Claims

Civil War-era maritime claims
Geneva arbitration
Anglo-American relations
surface form: United States–Great Britain disputes

international arbitration
purpose to present and justify the United States claims for damages against Great Britain
relatedWork Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims self-linksurface differs
surface form: Proceedings of the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration

Treaty of Washington (1871)
surface form: The Treaty of Washington and its Results
roleInEvent presentation of the United States legal case
timePeriod post–American Civil War era
tribunal Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration
usedAs reference in studies of the Alabama Claims
source in histories of international arbitration

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William M. Evarts notableWork Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims
Ulysses S. Grant administration significantEvent Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims
this entity surface form: Alabama Claims settlement with Great Britain
Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims associatedWithEvent Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Geneva arbitration on the Alabama Claims
Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims relatedWork Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Proceedings of the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration