CHAPTER Ⅰ.SOME FUNDAMENTALS 1
1.The Techniques of International Law Research 1
2. The Nature and Functions of International Law Today 1
3. Public International Organizations 5
4. Non-governmental Organizations 8
5. Public International Law and Private International Law 9
6. “Municipal” Law—Internal Law 11
7. The Languages of International Law 12
8. Conventional and Customary International Law 14
9. “Opposability” 14
10. The Impact of Time 15
11. Analogy 16
12. The “Sources” or Components of International Law （Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 38,paragraph 1.） 17
13. Jus Dispositivum and Jus Cogens （Elective Law and Imperative Law） 19
14. The Literature of International Law 20
15. Citation of International Law Documents 23
CHAPTER Ⅱ.TREATIES: CONVENTIONAL INTERNATIONAL LAW 27
16. International and Internal Law of Treaties Distinguished 27
17. The Codified Law of Treaties 29
18. The Negotiation of a Treaty 37
19. The Final Act 38
20. The Legislative History （Travaux Preparatoires） 40
21. Reports of Conference Committees 43
22. The Structure of an International Treaty 44
23. The Entry into Force of a Treaty 45
24. The Depositary 46
25. Where to Find a Treaty 48
26. The Language of Treaties 51
27. The Citation of Treaties 53
CHAPTER Ⅲ.CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW 55
28. What is International Custom? 55
29. The Distinction between Customary and Conventional Law—A Caveat 57
30. The Digests of State Practice and Collections of Diplomatic Documents 58
31. Opinions of Legal Advisors 61
32. Internal Legislation 63
33. Contracting out of a Customary Rule 66
34. General and Particular Customary Law 67
35. General Principles of Law and Equitable Principles 68
36. The Codification of International Law 71
37. Regional Codification 81
CHAPTER Ⅳ.JUDICIAL DECISIONS 83
38. Judicial Decisions in the International Legal Thesaurus 83
39. The Typology of InternationaTribunals 85
40. The Institution of International Proceedings 90
41. The Absence of Binding Precedent 91
42. Forms of International Judicial Pronouncement 92
43. The Pleadings 93
44. The Style of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Awards 94
45. Separate Opinions 97
46. Compliance with and Enforcement of Judgments and Awards 100
47. Problems of Language 102
48. Reading an International Judgment 103
49. Citation of International Cases 105
50. International Case-Law 108
CHAPTER Ⅴ.RESOLUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 111
51. The Place of Resolutions in the Thesaurus of International Law 111
52. The Vote on the Resolution 112
53. Implementation of Resolutions Addressed to Other Organs 113
54. Questions of Nomenclature:Declarations 114
55. International Agreements Embodied in a Resolution 116
56. Negotiation and Drafting of Resolutions:Languages 116
CHAPTER Ⅵ.THE TEACHINGS OF PUBLICISTS 119
57. Doctrine 119
58. The Work of Scientific Organizations 120
59. Citation of Doctrine 121
APPENDICES 123
Appendix Ⅰ 123
Appendix Ⅱ 133
Appendix Ⅲ 135
Appendix Ⅳ 143
Appendix Ⅴ 147
Appendix Ⅵ 151
Appendix Ⅶ 153
Appendix Ⅷ 159
Appendix Ⅸ 161