INTERNATIONAL LAW

CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

LAW AND DIPLOMACY

Edited by L. OPPENHEIM, M. A., LL.D., late Whewell Professor of International Law in the University of Cambridge.

A GUIDE TO DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE. By the Right Hon. Sir ERNEST SATOW, G. C.M.G., LL.D., D.C.L., formerly Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. 2 vols. 8vo.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND THIRD STATES. A Monograph. By RONALD F. ROXBURGH, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law; formerly Whewell International Law Scholar in the University of Cambridge; formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. 8vo.

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND ITS PRO-
BLEMS. Three Lectures. By L. OPPENHEIM,
M.A., LL.D. 8vo.

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE WORLD
WAR. By James Wilford GARNER, Professor of
Political Science in the University of Illinois.
8vo.

2 vols.

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A TREATISE

BY L. OPPENHEIM, M. A., LL. D.

FORMERLY WHEWELL PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAM-
BRIDGE, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, HONORARY MEMBER
OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE AT MADRID, CORRESPONDING
MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

VOL. I. PEACE

THIRD EDITION

EDITED BY

RONALD F. ROXBURGH

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, FORMERLY WHEWELL
SCHOLAR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, FORMERLY
SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

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