Charles De Visscher
Edited by Percy Ellwood Corbett

• Frontmatter,
• Foreword,
• Translator's Preface,
• Author's Preface,
• Contents,
• Abbreviations,
• I. The Foundations of the Modern State-The Individualist Consequences of the New Distribution of Power,
• II. The Consolidation of the State-Growing Predominance of the Political since the Treaties of Westphalia,
• III. International Law from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War, 1815-1914,
• IV. Between the Two World Wars, 1919-1939,
• I. The Political Fact: Its Criterion-Political Disputes. Political Tensions: Their Various Forms,
• II. Is There an "International Community"?,
• III. Sovereignty and International Organization,
• IV. The Human Ends of Power,
• I. Social Factors and Political Factors in the Development of International Law,
• II. The State in the International Order,
• III. Inter-State Relations,
• IV. Peaceful Change,
• BOOK IV. THE JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES,
• CONCLUSION,
• Index,

This 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 versions, the author included new currents of thought in judicial practice and doctrine. These relate chiefly to the development of international organization, to the progress of codification, and to the decisions of the International Court of Justice.
Originally published in 1968.
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