This article explores the tum-of-the-century development of the American imperialism geared towards a peaceful global federation in international law and guided by the world court. The first part surveyed the origin of the international law, as American style, through the international relations between Europe and America. American diplomatic doctrine played an important role in defining and creating concept of American international law. The second part showed the American ideals of the legalization of the world order through the world court in the age of imperialism. The global framework of law rooted in a tribunal or international court of arbitration during the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899. The conclusions in this article are as follows: Firstly, there is international law, American style that different from European style. The principle of American international law is base on the traditional diplomatic doctrines, as Neutralization, Isolationism, and Monroe doctrine. Secondly, American statesman play a leading role for the creation of a world court since the first Hague Peace Conference in 1899. Thirdly, the purpose of the creation of a world court are two: the one is the construction of the world federation for world peace, the other is the destruction of the European alliance system. The statesman of the United States regard alliance system or balance of power as ordinary war system. Therefore they came to reach a conclusion that if a world court can be build in the international organization, the usefulness of military alliance will be disappeared. Lastly, the plan of a world court have an very deeply effect on Korean destiny under Japanese imperial control. Japanese feared that the king of Korea will bring a suit for the recovery of an independence against Japanese ruler. There is no way with the exception of an annexation of Korea. In that case, Japan deter Korea from an action of a try to settle an international dispute by world court.
Ⅰ. 서론
Ⅱ. 미국식 국제법과 먼로 독트린
Ⅲ. 헤이그 중재조약과 ‘세계법정’
Ⅳ. 결론