Trianon and the "Calvary of Peace" the right of a nation
and national self-determination from Wilson to Ehrlich Cover Image

Trianon şi »Calvarul Păcii« dreptul unei naţiuni şi autodeterminarea naţională de la Wilson la Ehrlich
Trianon and the "Calvary of Peace" the right of a nation and national self-determination from Wilson to Ehrlich

Author(s): Mircea Dutu, Tudor Avrigeanu
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: Woodrow Wilson; national self-determination; Dimitrie Gusti; Nicolae Iorga; Eugen Ehrlich;

Summary/Abstract: While for Hungary the Peace Conference in Paris after the First World War traditionally means in the first place the »cruficication« concluded by the Treaty of Trianon, the Romanian historiography of the interwar period has considered the negociations also under the terms of a Calvary Path. The following study aims to put under scrutiny this remarcable coincidence by intercalating the overview on the Romanian peace negociations (II) between a new reading of the Wilsonian »Fourteen Points« within the context of Woodrow Wilson’s own academic scholarship (I) and the understanding of the Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy by the famous jurist Eugen Ehrlich from the perspective of his connections with the Romanian scholars Dimitrie Gusti and Nicolae Iorga (III), aiming to establish a connection between Wilson’s genuine »organic realism« and Ehrlich’s views on law and national consciousness as organic outcomes of a free society.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 65-98
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Romanian