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Report on the Survey of the Society’s Membership

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

Richard W. Edwards Jr.
Richard W. Edwards Jr.*
Affiliation:
American Society of International Law
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Extract

At the direction of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, a questionnaire survey of the membership was made in the Spring of 1969. This report summarizes the information and data received in 2,492 questionnaires returned. Over 55% of the Society’s members responded to the survey.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Journal of International Law , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 324 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1970

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* Since some persons were, for example, both practicing lawyers and teachers, the totals of the classifications and of the percentages exceed the number of members and 100%.

* About 20% of the members living abroad are U. S. nationals. About 6% of the members living in the United States at the time of the survey were of foreign nationality (frequently students or officials of their governments or international organizations).

* A somewhat higher proportion of those “actively involved” at the time of the survey returned questionnaires than did the membership as a whole: 67% of the current officers of the Society returned questionnaires, compared to 55% of the membership as a whole. This divergence is taken into account in the statements in the text.

The definition of “active involvement,” while to a degree artificial, is based upon the questionnaire data. Attendance at the Annual Meeting or speaking from the floor at the Annual Meeting does not constitute “active involvement” by this definition. However, those who regularly attend the Annual Meeting tend to be more involved than others. See page 330.

* 64% of the 936 persons said they were interested in reviewing books for the JOURNAL, something they had never done. This is an activity in which Non-resident members can take part.

* Data from the survey about those who are or have been officers is reported at pp. 325-329.

** See also pp. 325-332.

* Aside from suggestions that the Documents section be eliminated, discussed above, there were scattered suggestions for deletion of Editorial Comments, Book Reviews, and Judicial Decisions. No more than ten persons made each of these suggestions.