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McNair, Arnold Duncan, 1st Baron McNair of Gleniffer, 1885-1975 (international lawyer)

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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence, 1922-12 - 1923, 1960 - 2003

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/1
Scope and Contents Includes: letters between HL and Rachel Steinberg's family on HL's engagement to Rachel; their marriage certificate; HL's alien registration certificate and University of London card.Also includes papers from Sir Elihu Lauterpacht's source material for his biography of HL, including: copies of the engagement letters; notes of an interview with1st Lord McNair on his first meeting with HL in 1923 and their later friendship, particularly their work on the Annual Digest; notes of an...
Dates: 1922-12 - 1923; 1960 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/2
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Arnold McNair, Lecturer in International Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, on subjects including HL's suggestions on the revision of L F L Oppenheim's textbook on international law and a testimonial he had written for HL (4); Sabina Lauterpacht, sending a cake recipe.Also includes copies of letters and papers added by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht as source material for his biography of HL, including: a report of the University Zionist...
Dates: 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1925, 1968 - 2003

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/3
Scope and Contents Mainly copies of letters and papers added by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht as source material for his biography of HL, including: extract from the memoirs of Norman Bentwich on his meeting with HL at a ceremony giving the World Union of Jewish Students land for a student hostel on Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, for the Hebrew University; HL's doctorate certificate from the University of London; copies of correspondence between HL and the Zionist Organisation on the visit by a group from the World Union...
Dates: 1925; 1968 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1926, 2002 - 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/4
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Arnold McNair on subjects including the publication of [HL's thesis, "Private Law Sources and Analogies of International Law"], classes at the London School of Economics and Political Science, joint publications with HL, particularly an Annual Digest of International Case-Law, a possible position for HL at a new Institute of International Studies at LSE and the advantages of him being called to the bar [becoming a barrister in Britain] (6).Also includes...
Dates: 1926; 2002 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/5
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Arnold McNair, on subjects including finding a post for HL, the publication of HL's thesis, "Private Law Sources and Analogies of International Law", Orby Mootham's article for the British Year Book of International Law, their proposed Annual Digest of International Law and HL's application for a post in the Department of International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, also enclosing a testimonial for him (5); Philip Noel-Baker, asking...
Dates: 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1933, 2002 - 2004

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/11
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Arnold McNair on subjects including HL being made a Reader [in Public International Law, at the University of London], HL's dedicating "The Function of Law in the International Community" to him, work on the Annual Digest and an opinion on Jews in the Saar (5); HL, writing to Elihu Lauterpacht.Also includes a contemporary review of HL's "The Function of Law" and modern notes added by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht on "The Function of Law" and on an article by HL on...
Dates: 1933; 2002 - 2004
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/12
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Correspondents include: Arnold McNair on subjects including his slowness with his papers for the Annual Digest, his work on the Law Reform Committee and HL's help with a draft Opinion [? on a state's right to self defence, enclosed] and HL's lectures for early 1935 (4); HL, writing to Rachel Lauterpacht on the first lecture he had just given in Geneva [Switzerland]; Rachel Lauterpacht, congratulating HL on the lecture; Harold Gutteridge.

Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1935, 2003 - 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 1/13
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Arnold McNair on subjects including a visit to Spain, his opinion on the Saar, his joint work with W W Buckland ["Roman Law and Common Law"], his different approach to HL on legal matters, his belief in collective security, costs for the Annual Digest, editing L F L Oppenheim's "International Law", his teaching syllabus, his decision to resign the Whewell professorship at the University of Cambridge in order to become Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool,...
Dates: 1935; 2003 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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“HL Additional material”, 1950 - 2003

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Reference Code:  GBR/0014/LAUT 7/34
Scope and Contents Assorted source material and notes, including: note by Sir Robert Jennings on the depth of the friendship between HL and Arnold McNair, HL's lectures and his own relationship with HL; copy of HL's outline plan for his thesis, c 1924; rough notes by Rachel, Lady Lauterpacht on subjects including her first meeting with HL, their early life together and their friendship with the McNairs; note by one of HL's secretaries on helping with the revision of the Manual of Military Law; cuttings of...
Dates: 1950 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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“HL Additional material”, 1926 - 2003

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 7/35
Scope and Contents Assorted source material and notes, including: annotated photocopy of HL's article "The Judgment in the Norwegian Fisheries Case", 1952 [see also LAUT 4/88]; original notes by HL on the United States being a party to various international treaties [possibly relating to the Interhandel case, see LAUT 4/109-10]; photocopy of the application from the Government of Liechtenstein beginning proceedings in the Nottebohm case, 1951 [see also LAUT 4/84-7]; address from the memorial service for 1st...
Dates: 1926 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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HL Biography: papers from 1st Lord McNair, 1926-c 1980

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Reference Code:  GBR/0014/LAUT 7/38
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Correspondence and notes between HL and McNair, mainly 1959-60, on subjects including: the Annual Digest, including setting it up; human rights; whether international law recognised the criminal responsibility of States; HL's failing health; his future in the legal profession (1926); enhancing the prestige of the International Court of Justice.

Dates: 1926-c 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers from 1st Lord McNair, 1959-05 - 1967-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LAUT 4/130
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Two papers sent by Arnold McNair [to Elihu Lauterpacht] in case they might be of use in his career: an Opinion on Remedies, relating to the seizure of Dutch properties in Indonesia upon nationalisation

Dates: 1959-05 - 1967-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

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