Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction XIII
5. Part One: General Problems
6. Law and Politics in the World Community 1
7. What Is Positive International Law? 15
8. The Principle of Effectiveness in International Law 31
9. Some Reflections on Juridical Personality in International Law 49
10. States as Organs of International Law and the Problem of Autointerpretation 59
11. Rules of Warfare in an Unlawful War 89
12. Regionalism as a Problem o£ International Law 114
13. Part Two: Contemporary Problems
14. The United Nations: A Legal Order? 129
15. Political Limitations of the United Nations 143
16. The Charter of the United Nations and General International Law 153
17. International Law and the Protection of Human Rights 162
18. Part Three: Special Studies
19. Forms and Observance of Treaties in the Middle Ages and the Early Sixteenth Century 191
20. Thoughts on Two Recent Events Affecting the Function of Law in the International Community 197
21. The International Status of Austria 221
22. A Case of Development of International Law Through the International Court of Justice 243
23. The Political Powers of the OAS Council 252
24. The Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949 279
25. Notes to Part One 319