XI. The Retinue of Diplomatic Envoys

401. Different Classes of Members of Retinue 472

402. Privileges of Members of Legation 473

403. Privileges of Private Servants 474

404. Privileges of Family of Envoy 474

405. Privileges of Couriers of Envoy 475

XII. Termination of Diplomatic Mission

406. Termination in contradistinction to Suspension 476

407. Accomplishment of Object of Mission 476

408. Expiration of Letter of Credence 477

409. Recall 477

410. Promotion to a higher Class 478

411. Delivery of Passports 478

412. Request for Passports 478

413. Outbreak of War 479

414. Constitutional Changes 479

415. Revolutionary Changes of Government 479

416. Extinction of sending or receiving State 480

417. Death of Envoy 480

CHAPTER III

CONSULS

I. The Institution of Consuls

418. Development of the Institution of Consuls 482

419. General Character of Consuls 484

II. Consular Organisation

420. Different kinds of Consuls 485

421. Consular Districts 485

422. Different classes of Consuls 486

423. Consuls subordinate to Diplomatic Envoys 487

III. Appointment of Consuls

424. Qualification of Candidates 487

425. No State obliged to admit Consuls 488

426. What kind of States can appoint Consuls 488

427. Mode of Appointment and of Admittance 489

428. Appointment of Consuls includes Recognition 489

IV. Functions of Consuls

429. On Consular Functions in general 490

430. Fosterage of Commerce and Industry 491

431. Supervision of Navigation 491

432. Protection 492

433. Notarial Functions 492

V. Position and Privileges of Consuls

434. Position 493

435. Consular Privileges 494

VI. Termination of Consular Office

436. Undoubted Causes of Termination 496

437. Doubtful Causes of Termination 496

438. Change in the Headship of States no cause of Termination 496

VII. Consuls in non-Christian States

439. Position of Consuls in non-Christian States 497

440. Consular Jurisdiction in non-Christian States 498

441. International Courts in Egypt 498

442. Exceptional Character of Consuls in non-Christian States 499

CHAPTER IV

MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES

I. Armed Forces on Foreign Territory

443. Armed Forces State Organs 500

444. Occasions for Armed Forces abroad 500

445. Position of Armed Forces abroad 501

446. Case of McLeod 501

446a. The Casa Blanca incident 502

II. Men-of-war in Foreign Waters

447. Men-of-war State Organs 504

448. Proof of Character as Men-of-war 505

449. Occasions for Men-of-war abroad 505

450. Position of Men-of-war in foreign waters 506

451. Position of Crew when on Land abroad 508

III. Agents without Diplomatic or Consular Character

452. Agents lacking diplomatic or consular character 509

453. Public Political Agents 509

454. Secret Political Agents 510

455. Spies 510

456. Commissaries 511

457. Bearers of Despatches 511

IV. International Commissions

458. Permanent in Contradistinction to Temporary Commissions 512

459. Commissions in the interest of Navigation 513

460. Commissions in the interest of Sanitation 515

461. Commissions in the interest of Foreign Creditors 515

462. Permanent Commission concerning Sugar 515

V. International Offices

463. Character of International Offices 515

464. International Telegraph Offices 516

465. International Post Office 516

466. International Office of Weights and Measures 516

467. International Office for the Protection of Works of Literature and Art and of Industrial Property 516

467a. The Pan-American Union 517

468. Maritime Office at Zanzibar and Bureau Spécial at Brussels 517

469. International Office of Customs Tariffs 517

470. Central Office of International Transports 517

471. Permanent Office of the Sugar Convention 517

471a. Agricultural Institute 518

471b. International Health Office 518

VI. The International Court of Arbitration

472. Organisation of Court in General 518

473. The Permanent Council 518

474. The International Bureau 519

475. The Court of Arbitration 519

476. The Deciding Tribunal 520

VII. The International Prize Court and the proposed International Court of Justice

476a. The International Prize Court 522

476b. The proposed International Court of Justice 524

PART IV

INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS

CHAPTER I

ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN GENERAL

I. Negotiation

477. Conception of Negotiation 529

478. Parties to Negotiation 529

479. Purpose of Negotiation 530

480. Negotiations by whom conducted 531

481. Form of Negotiation 531

482. End and Effect of Negotiation 532

II. Congresses and Conferences

483. Conception of Congresses and Conferences 533

484. Parties to Congresses and Conferences 534

485. Procedure at Congresses and Conferences 535

III. Transactions besides Negotiation

486. Different kinds of Transaction 536

487. Declaration 536

488. Notification 537

489. Protest 538

490. Renunciation 539

CHAPTER II

TREATIES

I. Character and Function of Treaties

491. Conception of Treaties 540

492. Different kinds of Treaties 540

493. Binding Force of Treaties 541

II. Parties to Treaties

494. The Treaty-making Power 543

495. Treaty-making Power exercised by Heads of States 544

496. Minor Functionaries exercising Treaty-making Power 545

497. Constitutional Restrictions 545

498. Mutual Consent of the Contracting Parties 546

499. Freedom of Action of Consenting Representatives 547

500. Delusion and Error in Contracting Parties 547

III. Objects of Treaties

501. Objects in general of Treaties 548

502. Obligations of Contracting Parties only can be Object 548

503. An Obligation inconsistent with other Obligations cannot be an Object 549

504. Object must be physically possible 549

505. Immoral Obligations 549

506. Illegal Obligations 550

IV. Form and Parts of Treaties

507. No necessary Form of Treaties 550

508. Acts, Conventions, Declarations 551

509. Parts of Treaties 552

V. Ratification of Treaties

510. Conception and Function of Ratification 553

511. Rationale for the Institution of Ratification 554

512. Ratification regularly, but not absolutely, necessary 554

513. Length of Time for Ratification 555

514. Refusal of Ratification 556

515. Form of Ratification 557

516. Ratification by whom effected 558

517. Ratification cannot be partial and conditional 559

518. Effect of Ratification 561

VI. Effect of Treaties

519. Effect of Treaties upon Contracting Parties 561

520. Effect of Treaties upon the Subjects of the Parties 562

521. Effect of Changes in Government upon Treaties 562

522. Effect of Treaties upon Third States 563

VII. Means of Securing Performance of Treaties

523. What means have been in use 565

524. Oaths 565

525. Hostages 566

526. Pledge 566

527. Occupation of Territory 566

528. Guarantee 567

VIII. Participation of Third States in Treaties

529. Interest and Participation to be distinguished 567

530. Good Offices and Mediation 568

531. Intervention 568

532. Accession 568

533. Adhesion 569

IX. Expiration and Dissolution of Treaties

534. Expiration and Dissolution in Contradistinction to Fulfilment 570

535. Expiration through Expiration of Time 570

536. Expiration through Resolutive Condition 571

537. Mutual Consent 571

538. Withdrawal by Notice 571

539. Vital Change of Circumstances 572

X. Voidance of Treaties

540. Grounds of Voidance 576

541. Extinction of one of the two Contracting Parties 576

542. Impossibility of Execution 577

543. Realisation of Purpose of Treaty other than by Fulfilment 577

544. Extinction of such Object as was concerned in a Treaty 577

XI. Cancellation of Treaties

545. Grounds of Cancellation 578

546. Inconsistency with subsequent International Law 578

547. Violation by one of the Contracting Parties 579

548. Subsequent Change of Status of one of the Contracting Parties 579

549. War 580

XII. Renewal, Reconfirmation, and Redintegration of Treaties

550. Renewal of Treaties 580

551. Reconfirmation 581

552. Redintegration 581

XIII. Interpretation of Treaties

553. Authentic Interpretation, and the Compromise Clause 582

554. Rules of Interpretation which recommend themselves 583

CHAPTER III

IMPORTANT GROUPS OF TREATIES

I. Important Law-making Treaties

555. Important Law-making Treaties a product of the Nineteenth Century 587

556. Final Act of the Vienna Congress 588

557. Protocol of the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 588

558. Treaty of London of 1831 588

559. Declaration of Paris 588

560. Geneva Convention 589

561. Treaty of London of 1867 589

562. Declaration of St. Petersburg 590

563. Treaty of Berlin of 1878 590

564. General Act of the Congo Conference 590

565. Treaty of Constantinople of 1888 591

566. General Act of the Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference 591

567. Two Declarations of the First Hague Peace Conference 591

568. Treaty of Washington of 1901 592

568a. Conventions and Declaration of the Second Hague Peace Conference 592

568b. The Declaration of London 595

II. Alliances

569. Conception of Alliances 595

570. Parties to Alliances 597

571. Different kinds of Alliances 597

572. Conditions of Alliances 598

573. Casus Fœderis 599

III. Treaties of Guarantee and of Protection

574. Conception and Objects of Guarantee Treaties 599

575. Effect of Treaties of Guarantee 600

576. Effect of Collective Guarantee 601

576a. Pseudo-Guarantees 602

577. Treaties of Protection 604

IV. Commercial Treaties

578. Commercial Treaties in General 605

579. Meaning of Coasting-trade in Commercial Treaties 606

580. Meaning of Most-favoured-nation Clause 610

V. Unions Concerning Common Non-Political Interests

581. Object of the Unions 612

582. Post and Telegraphs 613

583. Transport and Communication 614

584. Copyright 615

585. Commerce and Industry 616

586. Agriculture 617

587. Welfare of Working Classes 618

588. Weights, Measures, Coinage 619

589. Official Publications 620

590. Sanitation 620

591. Pharmacopœia 622

592. Humanity 622

593. Preservation of Animal World 623

594. Private International Law 623

595. American Republics 624

596. Science 625

INDEX 627