[1] Composed mainly of influential judges, statesmen, and lawyers, the organization aimed for the creation of a permanent tribunal for the judicial settlement of international conflicts at The Hague.
The Society envisioned this court would be made of judges by profession which differed from the existing court at the Hague which was temporary and composed partly of judges and partly of diplomats and statesmen.
[4] The society was supported by many influential politicians, diplomats, and legal professionals from across the United States and Canada.
Among these were William Howard Taft, the organization's honorary president, Robert Borden, Alexander Graham Bell, Joseph Hodges Choate, James Brown Scott, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, Walter Scott, and Simeon E.
This article incorporates text from The American Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, by The American Journal of International Law, a publication from 1910, now in the public domain in the United States.