| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1930 |
| Number: | 30 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Hans Wehberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1885 |
| Year, Death: | 1962 |
| Profession: | Doctor of Law. Member of the Institute of International Law |
| City: | Düsseldorf |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Walther Adrian Schücking |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1875 |
| Year, Death: | 1935 |
| Profession: | Professor of Law. Member of the German parliament |
| University: | Philipps University of Marburg |
| City: | Marburg |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Motivation: | Wehberg was a member of the Institute of International Law and publisher of the journal "Die Friedens-Warte". He contributed to the development of international law and arbitration. Pacifist and promoter of German admittance to the League of Nations.
Schücking promoted international law and arbitration. He had been associated with the Institute of International Law since 1910. After WWI Schücking became a leading member of the "Deutsche Liga für den Völkervorbund" and he worked primarily on a draft of a covenant for the League of Nations. He was a member of the German delegation to the Versailles peace negotiations. In 1919 Schücking initiated the founding of a new German Inter-Parliamentary Group, over which he presided. He was also a member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Karl Strupp |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Law (Jurisprudence) |
| University: | Frankfurt am Main |
| City: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Schücking was also on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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