A Wider Range of Law
| Author | R. M. Fowler |
| Published date | 01 October 1946 |
| Date | 01 October 1946 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070204600100401 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
A
Wider
Range
of
Law*
R.
M.
Fowler
A
year
after
the
end
of
hostilities
we
find
the
world
in
a
turmoil
of
fear,
distress,
suspicion, and
doubt.
"Peace"
for
most
of
us
has
been
disillusioning.
There
is
a
strike
wave
and
a
crime
wave
in
North
America,
ruin
and
starvation
in Europe,
and
chaos
in
Asia.
Among
victors,
unity
of
purpose
seems
to
have
been
dissolved
by
corrosive suspicions
and even
national
unity
in
Canada
is
strained.
Today,
the
depths
of
anxiety
are being
plumbed
by
a
worried
generation
which
doubts
the quality
of
its
life
and
indulges
in
attacks
upon
itself
for
which
we
must
go
back
through
history
to
the
Major
Prophets
to
find
a
parallel.
It
may
be
difficult
to
find
grounds
for
optimism in the
present
state
of
international
relations.
But
there
is
danger
of
being
too
discouraged.
After
years
of
destruction
and
exhaustion, it
will
require
a
long
period
of
steady,
painstaking
work
to
repair
the
strained
fabric
of
civilization.
If
there
is
some
validity
in
the
claim
advanced
by
the
Right
Honourable
Malcolm MacDonald
in
his
farewell
address
that
Canada
is
"a
new
moral
force"
in
the
world-a
force
of
leadership
and
importance
beyond
her
size
and
economic
stature-there
is
for Canada
an
important
r6le
to
play
in
the
task
of
international
reconstruction.
To
such
a
r6le
the
Canadian
Institute
of
International
Affairs can
make
a
signi-
ficant,
and
perhaps
unique, contribution.
As
a
non-partisan,
non-
political
organization,
the
Institute
can
do
much
to
aid
in
the
development
of
an
informed
Canadian
opinion
on
international
questions.
Through
its
two
major
activities,
research
and
public
education, facts and
opinions
are
gathered
and
made
available
to
the
Canadian
people for
their
assistance
in
the
development
of
international
policies.
It
may well
be
that
one
of
the
causes
of
our
present
disillu-
*Editor's
Note:
The following
short
article
first
appeared
as
a
foreword
by
the
President
of
the
Canadian
Institute
of
International
Affairs
in
the
Annual Report
for
1945-46.
It
is
now
republished,
in
somewhat
ex-
tended
form,
in
the
belief
that
wider
circulation
is
justified
through
the
pages
of
the
Journal.
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