Chapter VII: The International Prize Court

I. _Proposals for International Prize Courts_

438. Early Projects 559
439. German Project of 1907 561
440. British Project of 1907 562
441. Convention XII. of the Second Peace Conference 563

II. _Constitution and Competence of the International Prize Court_

442. Personnel 565
443. Deciding Tribunal 566
444. Administrative Council and International Bureau 569
445. Agents, Counsel, Advocates, and Attorneys 569
446. Competence 569
447. What Law to be applied 571

III. _Procedure in the International Prize Court_

448. Entering of Appeal 572
449. Pleadings and Discussion 574
450. Judgment 575
451. Expenses and Costs 576

IV. _Action in Damages instead of Appeal_

452. Reason for Action in Damages instead of Appeal 577
453. Procedure if Action for Damages is brought 578

APPENDICES

I. Declaration of Paris of 1856 583

II. Declaration of St. Petersburg of 1868 584

III. Declaration concerning Expanding Bullets of 1899 585

IV. Declaration concerning the Diffusion of Asphyxiating Gases
of 1899 586

V. Geneva Convention of 1906 587

VI. Final Act of the Second Hague Peace Conference of 1907 591

I. Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International
Disputes 592
II. Convention respecting the Limitation of the Employment
of Force for the Recovery of Contract Debts 601
III. Convention relative to the Opening of Hostilities 602
IV. Convention concerning the Laws and Customs of War on
Land 603
V. Convention respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral
Powers and Persons in War on Land 609
VI. Convention relative to the Status of Merchantmen at the
Outbreak of Hostilities 612
VII. Convention relative to the Conversion of Merchantmen
into Men-of-War 613
VIII. Convention relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine
Contact Mines 614
IX. Convention respecting Bombardment by Naval Forces in
Time of War 616
X. Convention for the Adaptation of the Principles of the
Geneva Convention to Maritime Warfare 617
XI. Convention relative to certain Restrictions on the
Exercise of the Right of Capture in Maritime War 621
XII. Convention concerning the Establishment of an
International Prize Court 622
XIII. Convention concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral
Powers in Maritime War 629
XIV. Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Discharge
of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons 632
XV. Draft Convention concerning the Creation of a Judicial
Arbitration Court 632

VII. Declaration of London of 1909 (including the Report of the
Drafting Committee) 637

VIII. Additional Protocol, of 1910, to the Hague Convention
concerning the Establishment of an International Prize
Court 665

IX. Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 667

X. The Naval Prize Act, 1864 674

XI. The Prize Courts Act, 1894 682

XII. Naval Prize Bill of 1911 683

XIII. Geneva Convention Act, 1911 690

INDEX 691

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