Klaipėdos krašto statuto aiškinimo byla M. RÖmerio dienoraščiuose. I dalis: bylos kilmė ir rengimasis teismui
The Case of Interpretation of the Statute of the Memel Territory in the Diaries of M. Römeris. I Part: Origin of the Case and Preparation for the Court

Summary/Abstract: In his diaries M. Römeris often wrote on constitutional, administrative, civil, criminal, and international law issues. He also wrote a lot about the role of a judge and a lawyer. However, volume 34 of his diaries is characterized by the fact that many pages are devoted to the case of the interpretation of the Statute of the Memel Territory at the Permanent Court of International Justice. This is not at all surprising, because the lawyer participated directly in the trial of this case – he played the role of a national judge (judge ad hoc). When describing the trial, the author discussed the issues of both international and constitutional law, the process of hearing cases at the Permanent Court of International Justice, the role of the judge ad hoc, the relationship with the permanent judges, discussed the personalities of the judges, the peculiarities of the discussions that took place between the judges, the psychological reasons when the judges decided on one or another, experiences related to the struggle for the Memel Territory. This study consists of a cycle of four articles: "The Origin of the Case and Preparation for the Court"; "In the Permanent Court of International Justice"; "In the Permanent Court of International Justice: Judgment"; "Court, Judges, after Returning to Lithuania". The entire series of articles is entitled "The Case of the Interpretation of the Statute of the Memel Territory in the Diaries of M. Römeris".

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