Chapter One The movement towards an international lex scripta 1
Chapter Two Concepts and methods of codification of international law 16
Chapter Three The sources of law in the modern international community 31
Chapter Four The nature and the formation of international customary law 46
Chapter Five International legislation through the United Nations 61
Chapter Six The interaction of custom and codifying treaties 80
Chapter Seven Custom as law ancillary to codified law 95
Chapter Eight Codified law and dissentient States 109
Chapter Nine Codification and after:the subsequent development of the law 125
Chapter Ten Conclusion 144
Table of books and articles cited 147
Index 155