AuthorJitta, D. Josephus. author
TitleThe Renovation of International Law [electronic resource] : On the Basis of a Juridical Community of Mankind / by D. Josephus Jitta
ImprintDordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1919
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1019-6
Descript 196 p. 1 illus. online resource

CONTENT

I. Object and Scheme of the Work. -- My object -- Mankind as a community de facto -- Mankind as a juridical community -- The unity of international law -- Scheme of the system -- The positive rules of the law of war -- The egotism of the States -- The burden of the subject-matter -- The causticity of some of the materials -- The use of a language -- II. The System -- First Part Public International Law -- First Section. The General Direction of Public Affairs -- Second Section. The Sources of Intenrational Law -- Third Section. Goods Destined, Although Only in General, for the Common Use of Mankind -- Fourth Section. Taxation -- Fifth Section. Public Welfare as a Matter of Offical Care -- Sixth Section. Prevention of Social Evil -- Seventh Section. Punishment -- Eigth Section. Jurisdiction -- Ninth Section. Arbiration and Judiciary -- Second Part of the System. Private international law -- III. A Few Considerations on the Positive Law of War -- The positive nature of the law of war -- The dogma of the righteous causes of war -- The causes of the development of customary rules, concerning warfare -- The first customary rule: โNot all means/to injure a foe are allowedโ -- The secund customary rule: โPrivate individuals ought as a rule, but as a rule with exceptions, to be exempted from warlike harm.โ -- The third customary rule : โNeutrals have rights and duties.โ -- Consequence of the lack of precision of the customary rules -- The codification of the law of war -- A short digression to the domain of feelings -- The principle of the nationalities -- The national feeling inflated to passion -- The races of men -- The religious feeling and the religions -- Social-political parties -- Synopsis of the principal causes of war, connected with the realm of feelings -- The reduction of the number of wars -- Huma-nization of the war -- Disappearance of the war -- IV. Synopsis of My Conclusions -- A glance back at my starting point -- The aim of my work -- My method -- My results -- National selfishness -- The war -- Corrigendum: Page 44, lines 19 and 25, for 14 read 15


SUBJECT

  1. Law
  2. Private international law
  3. Conflict of laws
  4. International law
  5. Comparative law
  6. Law
  7. Private International Law
  8. International & Foreign Law
  9. Comparative Law