Ⅰ.THE ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1
1.The rise of modern states 1
2.The doctrine of sovereignty 7
3.The influence of the doctrine of the Law of Nature 16
4.The classical writers on international law 25
Ⅱ.CHARACTER OF THE MODERN SYSTEM 42
1.The international society 42
2.The modern'sovereign'state 46
3.The basis of obligation in modern inter-national law 50
4.The sources of modern international law 57
(a)Treaties as a source of law 58
(b)Custom as a source of law 60
(c)The general principles of law 63
(d)Judicial precedents 64
(e)Text-writers 65
(f)The place of'reason'in the modern sys-tem 66
5.The legal character of international law 69
6.Some defects of the system 71
7.Proposals for Codification 79
8.The application of international law in British courts 83
Ⅲ.THE LEGAL ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY 91
1.The beginnings of international constitu-tional law 91
2.International legislation 93
3.The executive and administrative functions 97
4.The League and the United Nations 102
5.The International Labour Organization 114
Ⅳ.STATES 118
1.General notion of states in international law 118
2.Independent and dependent states 121
3.The doctrine of the equality of states 122
4.Types of dependent states 125
5.Commencement of the existence of a state 129
6.Continuity and termination of the existence of a state 136
Ⅴ.THE TERRITORY OF STATES 150
1.Territorial sovereignty 150
2.Modes of acquiring territory 151
3.Minor rights over territory 158
(a)Colonial protectorates 158
(b)Spheres of influence 159
(c)Leases 160
(d)Trust territories 161
(e)Servitudes 167
4.Territorial waters 171
5.The Continental Shelf 180
6.Territorial air 185
Ⅵ.THE JURISDICTION OF STATES 187
1.Jurisdiction in territorial waters 188
2.Jurisdiction over public ships 191
3.Jurisdiction in ports 194
4.Jurisdiction over the air 197
5.Jurisdiction over inland waterways 200
6.Immunities of foreign sovereigns and of diplomatic persons 208
7.Jurisdiction over aliens 217
8.The limits of criminal jurisdiction 231
9.Jurisdiction on the high seas 236
Ⅶ.TREATIES 243
1.Formation of treaties 243
2.Discharge of treaties 252
Ⅷ.INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF INTER-NATIONAL ORDER 273
1.Amicable methods of settlement 273
2.Arbitration and judicial settlement 274
3.The limits of arbitration and judicial settle-ment 285
4.Good offices,mediation,conciliation 293
5.Settlement under the Covenant and the Charter 295
Ⅸ.INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RESORT TO FORCE 308
1.Intervention 308
2.Self-defence 315
3.Reprisals 321
INDEX OF CASES CITED 327
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 328