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title: "36 U.S.C. § 22102"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "221"
chapter_name: "THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW"
section: "22102"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 22102"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 22102 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1) to foster the study of international law; and

(2) to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and justice.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1300.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2210236:342 (1st sentence).Sept. 20, 1950, ch. 958, § 2 (1st sentence), 64 Stat. 870.