MSS 85-17
The Papers of John Norton Moore
Overview
This collection of professional and personal notes, correspondence and working papers documents the work of John Norton Moore as a professor and director of the Oceans Law and Policy Center and the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia. It also documents Moore's public service as legal adviser, witness and counselor to many national and international organizations.
Language |
English |
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Dates |
1940s, 1969-1995 [Inclusive] |
Extents |
21 Linear Feet (39 archival boxes) |
Scope & Contents
The papers of John Norton Moore were given to the University of Virginia School of Law Library in three installments.
The first one, concerning the Gulf of Maine case before the International Court of Justice were given to the Library in December of 1985. The collection (in 5 cartons) includes Moore's personal notes and correspondence, copies of Department of State correspondence and working documents, and annotated copies of drafts of the records presented to the ICJ by the U. S. Team. Donated with the personal files were a set of printed ICJ documents, miscellaneous prirnted materials relating to the Gulf of Maine case, and assorted maps of the ocean.
Addedum MSS 85-17a was given in the Summer of 1995. Consists of 4 boxes, principally of files about the conflict in Central America (Nicaragua and El Salvador), with which Prof. Moore was very interested and involved.
Addemdum MSS 85-17b was given to the library in January of 2020. This addition consists of 22 archival boxes that relate to the Law of the Sea, Law and National Security, International Law, Human Rights Files, Center for Oceans Law and Policy and Center for National Security Law, teaching files, other Law School miscellaneous, personal and digital files.
Collection Description
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Biographical / Historical
John Norton Moore, who joined the faculty in 1966, is an authority on international law, national security law, and the law of the sea. He also teaches advanced topics in national security law and the rule of law. Moore taught the first course in the country on national security law, and conceived and co-authored the first casebook on the subject. From 1991-93, during the Gulf War and its aftermath, Moore was the principal legal adviser to the Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States, and to the Kuwait delegation to the U.N. Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission.
From 1985 to 1991, he chaired the board of directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace, one of six presidential appointments he has held. From 1973 to 1976, he was chair of the National Security Council Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea and ambassador and deputy special representative of the president to the law of the sea conference. Previously he served as the counselor on international law to the State Department. With the deputy attorney general of the United States, he was co-chair in March 1990 of the U.S.-USSR talks in Moscow and Leningrad on the rule of law. As a consultant to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, he was honored by the director for his work on the ABM Treaty Interpretation Project. He has been a frequent witness before congressional committees on maritime policy, legal aspects of foreign policy, national security, war and treaty powers, and democracy and human rights. He has been a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution.
Moore is a member of advisory and editorial boards for nine journals and numerous professional organizations, and he has published many articles on oceans policy, national security and international law.
Site authors, "John Norton Moore," UVA Law School Website. http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/faculty.nsf/FHPbI/1192475?OpenDocumen... (accessed December 9, 2015)
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was given to the library by John Norton Moore in December of 1985, 1995 and 2020.
| fileJohn Norton Moore's (JNM) handwritten notes, [ca. 1980-84] | MSS 85-17, Box 1 |
| seriesPapers of John Norton Moore Regarding the Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the Gulf of Maine Area, 1977 - 1984 | |
| seriesAddendum to the Papers of John Norton Moore [a] regarding the conflicts in Central America, 1970-1985 | |
| fileJNM's handwritten notes on Canada's oral argument, 1984 | MSS 85-17, Box 1 |
| fileGulf of Maine Adjudication: Fisheries Analysis and Argumentation, prepared by JNM, 1981 | MSS 85-17, Box 1 |
| seriesAddedum to the Papers of John Norton Moore [b] | |
| fileJNM correspondence re Gulf of Maine (hereafter called Maine) Case, 1979-83, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 1 |
| fileDepartment of State (DOS) correspondence re case, 1977-82, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 1 |
| fileStatements before House and Senate committees re fisheries, 1979-80 | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileCongressional documents and correspondence re Maine issues, 1979-82 | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileDOS documents collected for U.S. team preparing Maine case, 1981 | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileDOS correspondence with the ICJ, 1982-84 | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileDiplomatic history of the Gulf of Maine and list of relevant documents, 1982 | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileMemoranda re procedures at The Hague, 1984 | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileAnnotated outline of the U.S. Memorial, 1981 | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileDrafts of U.S. Memorial, 1982 April - May | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileDrafts of U.S. Memorial annotated by JNM, 1982 July | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileU.S. Memorial, 1982 July | MSS 85-17, Box 2 |
| fileDraft of U.S. Memorial annotated by JNM, 1982 August - September | MSS 85-17, Box 4 |
| fileU.S. Counter Memorial outline, 1982 | MSS 85-17, Box 4 |
| fileJNM notes on U.S. documents of Maine case [found loose], [1982] | MSS 85-17, Box 4 |
| fileUntitled document laying out U.S. position, 1983 February | MSS 85-17, Box 5 |
| fileU.S. Counter Memorial draft annotated by JNM, 1983 April | MSS 85-17, Box 5 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Ecology of Area draft annotated by JNM, 1983 April | MSS 85-17, Box 5 |
| fileU.S. Annex on State Practice, 1983 April | MSS 85-17, Box 5 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Marine Environment draft annotated by JNM, 1983 April - May | MSS 85-17, Box 5 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Pollution draft annotated by JNM, 1983 April - May | MSS 85-17, Box 6 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Geomorphology and Geology, 1983 May | MSS 85-17, Box 6 |
| fileFragments of documents, 1983 May, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 6 |
| fileOutline of U.S. position annotated by JNM, 1983 August | MSS 85-17, Box 6 |
| fileU.S. position, 1983 September | MSS 85-17, Box 6 |
| fileU.S. Reply with annex, 1983 October | MSS 85-17, Box 6 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Commercially Important Species annotated by JNM , 1983 October | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileAnnexes to U.S. Reply, 1983 October | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Annexes on Canada's Memorial and Counter Memorial, 1983 November | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Annex re Canada's historical presentation, 1983 November | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Canadian Species Distribution Charts, 1983 November | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Distribution of Benthos, 1983 November | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Geomorphology Annex to Reply, [1983] | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Annex on Oil and Gas, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Annex on ICNAF, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileOutlines and notes for annexes, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileSuggested response to Canadian arguments, 1984 January | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileU.S. Oral Argument first draft re opening, legal issues and geography annotated by JNM, 1984 February | MSS 85-17, Box 7 |
| fileNotes for oral argument re legal issues, 1984 February | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileOutline for focus of U.S. oral argument annotated by JNM, 1984 February | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileMarine Environment -- testimony by Dr. Robert Edwards, 1984 February | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileU.S. Oral Argument on Geography drafts, 1984 February - March | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileU.S. Oral Argument on Legal Issues draft annotated by JNM, 1984 March | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileU.S. Concluding Argument draft annotated by JNM, 1984 March | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileU.S. Introductory Argument draft annotated by JNM, [1984 March?] | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileU.S. Oral Argument on Legal Issues that Divide the Parties, 1984 March | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileDrafts of Mark Feldman's presentation on proportionality and socio/economic issues, 1984 March | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| fileDrafts of Bruce Rashkow's presentation on continental shelf activities and acquiescence and estoppel, 1984 March | MSS 85-17, Box 8 |
| file[Draft?] of David Colson's presentation on geography | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileCopy of Canadian documents annotated by Davis Robinson in preparation for U.S. Reply, 1984 March | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileDraft of U.S. introductory remarks annotated by JNM, 1984 April | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileU.S. Oral Argument on socio/economic issues, 1984 April | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileU.S. Oral Argument on fishing, 1984 April | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileMemorandum: "The Relevance of the Doctrine of 'Acquiescence' and 'Estoppel' for the Gulf of Maine Dispute", n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| filePage proofs of U.S. Reply corrected by JNM, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileCanadian documents and letters to the U.S, 1977-84 | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileICJ Communiques 82/2, 84/8, 84/9, 1982, 1984 | MSS 85-17, Box 9 |
| fileVerbatim record of arguments before the ICJ, 1984 April | MSS 85-17, Box 10 |
| fileMiscellaneous research material re Gulf of Maine prepared for DOS by other U.S. agencies, 1975-82, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 10 |
| fileAtlas of the Major Atlantic Coast Fish and Invertebrate Resources Adjacent to the Canadian/U.S. Boundary Areas, 1977 | MSS 85-17, Box 10 |
| fileFinal Environmental Impact Statement/Preliminary Fishery Management Plan, 1977 October | MSS 85-17, Box 10 |
| fileFishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Herring Fishery, 1978 | MSS 85-17, Box 10 |
| fileGeorges Bank/Gulf of Maine, Cape Cod/Nova Scotia: Perspective in Economics and History, 1978 | MSS 85-17, Box 11 |
| fileFishery Management Plan, 1979-80 | MSS 85-17, Box 11 |
| fileA Short Run Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S.-Canadian Agreement on East Coast Fishery Resources, 1979 | MSS 85-17, Box 11 |
| fileInformation Resources: Georges Bank and the Northeast Atlantic Area, 1980 | MSS 85-17, Box 11 |
| fileProposals and reports prepared at Woods Hole, 1982-83 | MSS 85-17, Box 11 |
| fileGuidance for Preparation of Socio/economic Annex for U.S. Counter Memorial with notes by JNM, 1983 | MSS 85-17, Box 11 |
| fileApplied Science Associates: Characteristic Wind, Hydrodynamic and Oil Spill Analyses for Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine, 1983 | MSS 85-17, Box 12 |
| fileHistory of the Gulf of Maine area, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 12 |
| fileNatural Boundaries of the Continental Shelf Ecosystem off the Northeast Coast of the U.S. prepared by the National Marine Fisheries Service, n.d. | MSS 85-17, Box 12 |
| fileOther scholars' papers on fisheries, 1979, 1983 | MSS 85-17, Box 13 |
| fileCopies of assorted documents, correspondence, etc. pertaining to the case, 1940's - 80's | MSS 85-17, Box 13 |