International Law: Volume 5, Disputes, War and Neutrality, Parts IX-XIV: Being the Collected Papers of Hersch Lauterpacht » (Reissue)

Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (1897-1960) has been generally acknowledged as one of the most distinguished and influential international lawyers of the 20th century. He was formerly Whewell Professor of International Law in the University of Cambridge and a Judge of the International Court of Justice.

The work is edited by Hersch Lauterpacht's son, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, QC, Emeritus Director of the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law in the University of Cambridge.

Final volume of the collected papers of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (1897-1960), systematically arranged.

Preface; Table of cases; Abbreviations;

Part IX. Settlement of Disputes:

1. The Irish dispute - a proposal for the composition of the tribunal;
2. Peaceful change - the legal aspect;
3. The doctrine of non-justiciable disputes in international law;
4. Non-justiciability of disputes;
5. The judicial settlement of international disputes;
6. The place of law in the future development of international security;

Part X. The International Court of Justice: I. The Structure of the Court;

1. The International Court of Justice - a foreword;
2. Observations concerning the Report of Judge Huber on amendment of the Statute of the International Court of Justice;
3. The revision of the Statute of the International Court of Justice - provisional report;
4. Dissenting opinions of national judges and the revision of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice;
5. The need for judicial elaboration; II. The Jurisdiction of the court; A: In general;
6. The absence of an international legislature and the compulsory jurisdiction of international tribunals;
7. The Security Council and the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice; B: The Optional Clause;
8. The attitude of States to the Court;
9. The Case of Certain Norwegian Loans, separate opinion;
10. Interhandel Case (Interim Measures), separate opinion;
11. Interhandel Case (Preliminary Objections), dissenting opinion;
12. Aerial Incident Case, joint dissenting opinion;
13. The British Reservations to the Optional Clause;
14. The United States and the Permanent Court of International Justice; C: Excess of jurisdiction;
15. Legal remedy in case of excess jurisdiction;

Part XI. Reunification of Force:

1. Japan and the Covenant;
2. The Pact of Paris and the Budapest Articles of Interpretation;
3. 'Resort to War' and the interpretation of the Covenant during the Manchurian Dispute;
4. The Peace Act, 1934;

Part XII. The Law of War:

1. The Law of Nations and the punishment of war crimes;
2. Tentative list of war crimes;
3. The limits of the operation of the Law of War;
4. The problem of revision of the Law of War;

Part XIII. Neutrality: I Pre-World War II;

1. Neutrality and collective security; II. World War II;
2. Editor's introduction to this section;
3. Memorandum on the principles of international law governing the question of aid to the allies by the United States, 15 January 1941;
4. Memorandum on certain aspects of the Law of Neutrality, 3 September 1941;
5. Memorandum on the question of piracy in relation to the German methods of sea warfare and the recent and pending measures on this matter, 21 October 1941;
6. The future of neutrality;
7. Memorandum on certain aspects of United States conduct between September 1940 and December 1941;

Part XIV. Miscellaneous:

1. The teaching of law in Vienna, 1927;
2. Some biblical problems of the Law of War;
3. The persecution of Jews in Germany, 1933;
4. Opinion on the interpretation of Article 4 of the Geneva Convention of 15 March 1922; Index.