The Journal of Politics

Table of Contents - February 1942 - Volume 4, Issue 01  

Research Article

The Monroe Doctrine and International Law: 1933–1941

James J. Lenoira1

a1 University of Georgia

To speak of the development of international law brings to mind the picture of an ever-increasing proportion of international relationships being governed by rules of conduct which states feel bound to observe, and do generally observe. The world trend has been in the direction of such development, in spite of occasional grave lapses which cause thoughtless persons to decry “the breakdown of international law.” The fact is that the increasing complexity of international relationships makes some kind of regulation necessary. It is to the interest of all sovereign, independent states to conduct their intercourse with one another in accordance with those rules which custom and voluntary agreement have prescribed.