Justice among Nations. A History of International Law - Stephen C. Neff

328 A Positive Century (1815–1914) against the capture of private property at sea, as the majority of states wished. Th e opposi ...

In Full Flower 329 which the decision will be reached. Th e parties also determine the selection of the arbitrators, so that arb ...

330 A Positive Century (1815–1914) Despite this less than auspicious model, states became increasingly will- ing, at least in pr ...

In Full Flower 331 arrangement was really for arbitration, and not necessarily for judicial set- tlement. Th e other reason is t ...

332 A Positive Century (1815–1914) Th e fi rst of the initiatives at the Second Hague Conference was for the creation of an inte ...

In Full Flower 333 judge, with some procedure devised for allocating judges to individual cases. Others maintained that the numb ...

334 A Positive Century (1815–1914) progress of the Hague Conference, the cornerstone was laid for a Peace Pal- ace, to house the ...

In Full Flower 335 anti- French insurgency in the Tonkin region of Vietnam. As had been the case since time immemorial, mistreat ...

336 A Positive Century (1815–1914) po liti cal controversy in Britain, but it had the intended eff ect. Th e Greek government ag ...

In Full Flower 337 and killing the emperor himself. Th e most famous of these rescue missions was the one mounted in 1900 during ...

338 A Positive Century (1815–1914) It has been observed that liberals tended to insist on the existence of an in- ternational st ...

In Full Flower 339 sibility of armed confl ict between states. With some considerable justifi ca- tion, there was optimism in th ...

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International law is still a very rudimentary system, with vast barren stretches between small cultivated areas. —Wolfgang Fried ...

344 Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1914– ) Th e states of the world became a drastically more diverse lot than had been the cas ...

chapter nine Dreams Born and Shattered I n , the world was treated to a vivid demonstration of two contrasting ways of enfor ...

346 Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1914– ) Th e other case was considerably less dramatic— but arguably of more last- ing signi ...

Dreams Born and Shattered 347 titioners may not have prevented a Second World War from erupting. But they made many other— oft e ...