Abstract
ABSTRACT This article unearths German international lawyer and pacifist Hans Wehberg's plan to outlaw war in the interwar period. It begins by identifying Wehberg's criticism of the permissibility of defensive war with reference to the Locarno Pact, the Geneva Protocol, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact. It then turns to his plan to transfer the sovereign jus belli ac pacis to the Council of the League of Nations. In the last section, the article examines Wehberg's engagement with American pacifists such as James Shotwell and Charles Morrison, as well as politicians such as Senator William Borah, to explain Wehberg's proposal for the creation of a ‘Court for the Outlawry of War.’ In so doing, this article seeks to reclaim a German voice in the interwar movement to outlaw war as well as to solidify the connection between international law and pacifism.
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