Excerpt from International Law

In the preface to the sixth edition, 1915, was the statement "It may not be too much to say that the development of international law within the period since the call for the first Peace Conference at The Hague in 1898 has been greater than during the two hundred and fifty years preceding, from the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 to the call for the Hague Conference in 1898." Since 1914 the principles thought to be generally accepted have been tested by war of unparalleled magnitude and by the resulting unsettled international relations. During the period of the war the assertion "International Law is dead" was frequently heard, but the issue of the war showed the fallacy of acting upon such a belief. Many of the differences between states still remained to be settled, but the evidence is convincing that they must ultimately be settled in accordance with law and justice.

This edition shows that, to a degree unexpected during the strain of war, late decisions, precedents and practice have followed principles long accepted.

Certain conventions and other documents have been inserted in appendices in the conviction that it is more serviceable to read the documents than to read lengthy opinions upon what the documents may mean and also in order that the whole text may be available for reference.

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