Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam
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Lawyers Committee on American Policy Towards Vietnam
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The Lawyers Committee challenged the legality (Under the U.S. Constitution and the United Nations Charter) of the military action by the United States in Vietnam.
Organized in 1965 by Joseph Harold Crown (1907- ; Columbia University B.A., 1927), a tax lawyer, to promote an end to the American involvement in the Vietnam conflict. The Committee, which included Wayne Morse, Carey McWilliams, Philip C. Jessup, Hans J. Morgenthau, and Quincy Wright, was dissolved in 1973.
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International law
Peace movements
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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Stockholm (Sweden)
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Grenoble (France)
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Hanoi (Vietnam)
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United States
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United States
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Toronto (Ont.)
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