THE WORLD'S PEACE.
UNIFICATION OF LAW URGED. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. (Heo. August i, 9.5 p.m.; London, August' i. Lord Justice Sir W. It. Kennedy, irt his presidential address to the International Law Association at the Guildhall, said the world's peace would bo'hastened if the institutions most closely affecting human life were universalised and unified. If the law of all civilised communi"ties were administered on practically identical principles, it would engender a sincere sentiment of solidarity which would tend to make war impossible. The Conference discussed the desirability of allowing contracting out under the Employers' Liability Act in the cases of old and weakly workmen who are liable to discharge owing to tho extra liability their employment entailed. .Several speakers favourably commented on tho Now Zealand Acts. Mr. Justics Denniston represented New Zealand at the Conference.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19100805.2.46
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 887, 5 August 1910, Page 5
Word Count
135THE WORLD'S PEACE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 887, 5 August 1910, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in