Chapter I: State Territory

I. _On State Territory in General_

168. Conception of State Territory 229
169. Different kinds of Territory 230
170. Importance of State Territory 231
171. One Territory, one State 231

II. _The different Parts of State Territory_

172. Real and Fictional Parts of Territory 235
173. Territorial Subsoil 235
174. Territorial Atmosphere 236
175. Inalienability of Parts of Territory 238

III. _Rivers_

176. Rivers State Property of Riparian States 239
177. Navigation on National, Boundary, and not-National
Rivers 240
178. Navigation on International Rivers 241
178_a_. Utilisation of the Flow of Rivers 243

IV. _Lakes and Land-locked Seas_

179. Lakes and Land-locked Seas State Property of Riparian
States 245
180. So-called International Lakes and Land-locked Seas 246
181. The Black Sea 247

V. _Canals_

182. Canals State Property of Riparian States 248
183. The Suez Canal 249
184. The Panama Canal 251

VI. _Maritime Belt_

185. State Property of Maritime Belt contested 255
186. Breadth of Maritime Belt 256
187. Fisheries, Cabotage, Police, and Maritime Ceremonials
within the Belt 257
188. Navigation within the Belt 258
189. Jurisdiction within the Belt 260
190. Zone for Revenue and Sanitary Laws 261

VII. _Gulfs and Bays_

191. Territorial Gulfs and Bays 262
192. Non-territorial Gulfs and Bays 263
193. Navigation and Fishery in Territorial Gulfs and Bays 265

VIII. _Straits_

194. What Straits are Territorial 265
195. Navigation, Fishery, and Jurisdiction in Straits 266
196. The former Sound Dues 267
197. The Bosphorus and Dardanelles 268

IX. _Boundaries of State Territory_

198. Natural and Artificial Boundaries 270
199. Boundary Waters 270
200. Boundary Mountains 272
201. Boundary Disputes 272
202. Natural Boundaries _sensu politico_ 273

X. _State Servitudes_

203. Conception of State Servitudes 273
204. Subjects of State Servitudes 276
205. Object of State Servitudes 276
206. Different kinds of State Servitudes 278
207. Validity of State Servitudes 279
208. Extinction of State Servitudes 280

XI. _Modes of acquiring State Territory_

209. Who can acquire State Territory? 281
210. Former Doctrine concerning Acquisition of Territory 282
211. What Modes of Acquisition of Territory there are 283
212. Original and derivative Modes of Acquisition 284

XII. _Cession_

213. Conception of Cession of State Territory 285
214. Subjects of Cession 285
215. Object of Cession 286
216. Form of Cession 286
217. Tradition of the ceded Territory 288
218. Veto of third Powers 289
219. Plebiscite and Option 289

XIII. _Occupation_

220. Conception of Occupation 291
221. Object of Occupation 292
222. Occupation how effected 292
223. Inchoate Title of Discovery 294
224. Notification of Occupation to other Powers 294
225. Extent of Occupation 295
226. Protectorate as Precursor of Occupation 296
227. Spheres of influence 297
228. Consequences of Occupation 298

XIV. _Accretion_

229. Conception of Accretion 299
230. Different kinds of Accretion 299
231. Artificial formations 299
232. Alluvions 300
233. Deltas 300
234. New-born Islands 301
235. Abandoned River-beds 302

XV. _Subjugation_

236. Conception of Conquest and of Subjugation 302
237. Subjugation in Contradistinction to Occupation 303
238. Justification of Subjugation as a Mode of Acquisition 304
239. Subjugation of the whole or of a part of Enemy Territory 304
240. Consequences of Subjugation 305
241. Veto of third Powers 307

XVI. _Prescription_

242. Conception of Prescription 308
243. Prescription how effected 309

XVII. _Loss of State Territory_

244. Six modes of losing State Territory 311
245. Operation of Nature 312
246. Revolt 312
247. Dereliction 313