Chapter II: Introduction

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1. International law in the past 1
2. No international law in antiquity 1
3. How the conception of a family of nations arose 2
4. The law of nature as the basis of the law of nations 2
5. Positive international law 4
6. International legislation initiated by the Congress of
Vienna 4
7. International Administrative Union 5
8. Legislation of the Peace Conferences and of the Naval
Conference of London 5
9. The Permanent Court of Arbitration and other international
courts 6
10. The Hague Peace Conferences as a permanent institution 6
11. Uncertainty as to the fate of the Declaration of London
and of some of the Hague Conventions 7
12. The task of the future 7