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Book SynopsisThis edition of the work regarded as a modern classic in the field of international law corresponds to the third French edition in which the author updates his attempt "to increase the authority of international law by bringing back into it the values upon which it was founded." While this edition remains faithful to the ideas expounded in earlier
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Translator's Preface, pg. vii*Author's Preface, pg. xi*Contents, pg. xv*Abbreviations, pg. xvi*I. The Foundations of the Modern State-The Individualist Consequences of the New Distribution of Power, pg. 3*II. The Consolidation of the State-Growing Predominance of the Political since the Treaties of Westphalia, pg. 22*III. International Law from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War, 1815-1914, pg. 44*IV. Between the Two World Wars, 1919-1939, pg. 53*I. The Political Fact: Its Criterion-Political Disputes. Political Tensions: Their Various Forms, pg. 71*II. Is There an "International Community"?, pg. 88*III. Sovereignty and International Organization, pg. 101*IV. The Human Ends of Power, pg. 120*I. Social Factors and Political Factors in the Development of International Law, pg. 133*II. The State in the International Order, pg. 166*III. Inter-State Relations, pg. 228*IV. Peaceful Change, pg. 308*BOOK IV. THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES, pg. 325*CONCLUSION, pg. 362*Index, pg. 367