{"product_id":"the-hague-peace-conferences-and-other-international-conferences-concerning-the-laws-and-usages-of-war-paperback-9781107418875","title":"The Hague Peace Conferences; And Other International Conferences Concerning the Laws and Usages of War (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107418875","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Hague Peace Conferences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAnd Other International Conferences Concerning the Laws and Usages of War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1909, this book contains the text of a variety of international conferences on the rules of war.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. Pearce Higgins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107418875, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e648 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm, 0.98 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1909, this book contains the English text of a wide variety of international conferences on the rules of war. Pearce Higgins also supplies commentaries on the various documents. For conferences also held in Francophone countries, the French text of the resolutions is presented on the facing page. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in legal history and the history of international treaties before WWI.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of cases cited\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Declaration of Paris\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Declaration of St Petersburg\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Draft of additional articles (Geneva) 1868\u003cbr\u003e Geneva Convention 1906\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e The Peace Conference of 1899\u003cbr\u003e The Second Peace Conference of 1907\u003cbr\u003e Final acts of the International Peace Conferences\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 1. Conventions for the pacific settlement of international disputes 1899 and 1907\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 2. Convention respecting the limitation of the employment of force for the recovery of contract debts\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 3. Convention relative to the commencement of hostilities\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 4. Conventions concerning the laws and customs of war on land (1899 and 1907)\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e The Brussels Draft Declaration 1984\u003cbr\u003e 5. Convention respecting the rights and duties of neutral powers and persons in war on land\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 6. Convention relative to the status of enemy merchant-ships at the outbreak of hostilities\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 7. Convention relative to the conversion of merchant-ships into war-ships\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 8. Convention relative to the laying of automatic submarine contact mines\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 9. Convention respecting bombardment by naval forces in time of war\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 10. Conventions for the adaptation of the principles of the Geneva Convention to maritime war (1899 and 1907)\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Convention relating to hospital ships of 21 December, 1904\u003cbr\u003e 11. Convention relative to certain restrictions on the exercise of the right of capture in maritime war\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 12. Convention relative to the establishment of an International Prize Court\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e 13. Convention respecting the rights and duties of neutral powers in maritime war\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Declaration II (1899) prohibiting the use of asphyxiating gases\u003cbr\u003e Declaration III (1899) prohibiting the use of bullets with a hard envelope\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e Draft convention relative to the creation of a judicial arbitration court\u003cbr\u003e Commentary\u003cbr\u003e The results of the Second peace Conference\u003cbr\u003e List of signatory powers of the conventions of the First Peace Conference\u003cbr\u003e List of signatory powers of the conventions of the Second Peace Conference\u003cbr\u003e Final protocol of the London Naval Conference\u003cbr\u003e Declaration of London\u003cbr\u003e General report presented to the Naval Conference on behalf of the Drafting Committee\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Instructions of British delegates to the Second Peace Conference\u003cbr\u003e Addenda and errata\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265706152216,"sku":"9781107418875","price":39.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107418875i.jpg?v=1694486026","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-hague-peace-conferences-and-other-international-conferences-concerning-the-laws-and-usages-of-war-paperback-9781107418875","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}