PART ONE 3
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS CODIFICATION 3
Ⅰ. THE PROGRESS OF MANKIND TOWARDS WORLD ORGANIZATION 3
INDIVIDUAL VISIONS OF WORLD ORGANIZATION 5
THE ORGANIZED PEACE WORK 19
FROM THE LEAGUE TO THE UNITED NATIONS 31
PART TWO 37
THE MOVEMENT TO CODIFY PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW 37
Ⅱ. PRIVATE EFFORTS AT CODIFICATION 37
CODIFICATION PROJECTS BY INDIVIDUALS 37
CODIFICATION BY SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS 62
Ⅲ. OFFICIAL EFFORTS AT CODIFICATION 76
EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENTS ACTING INDIVIDUALLY 76
THE WORK OF THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCES OF 1899 AND 1907 87
OTHER EFFORTS BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR 109
APPRAISAL OF THE CODIFICATION BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR 111
CODIFICATION EFFORTS UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 112
CODIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM 133
CODIFICATION OF THE LAWS OF WAR AS A RESULT OF TWO WORLD WARS 140
PART THREE 147
CODIFICATION SPONSORED BY THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION 147
IV. THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION AND ITS ORGANIZATION 147
PRELUDES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ILC 147
THE ADOPTION OF THE STATUTE OF THE INTER-NATIONAL LAW COMMISSION 160
THE WORKING MACHINERY OF THE INTER-NATIONAL LAW COMMISSION 165
Ⅴ. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND ITS METHODOLOGY 201
METHODS， PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUE OF THE COMMISSION’S WORK 217
CO-OPERATION WITH INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 266
Ⅵ. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COMMISSION 271
WORK COMPLETED 271
TOPICS UNDER STUDY BY THE COMMISSION 321
Ⅶ. FUTURE PROSPECTS 333
METHODS 334
EXTERNAL FACTORS BEARING ON CODIFICATION 339
SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 341
‘THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW’ 344
INDEX 351