[Transcriber's note: Original spelling variations have not been standardized. Underscores have been used to indicate _italic_ fonts.] _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ INTERNATIONAL LAW VOL. I.--PEACE 2nd Edition 8vo. 18s. net LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. LONDON, NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL LAW A TREATISE BY L. OPPENHEIM, M.A., LL.D. WHEWELL PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE AT MADRID VOL. II. WAR AND NEUTRALITY _SECOND EDITION_ LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA 1912 All rights reserved PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION The course of events since 1906, when the second volume of this work first made its appearance, and the results of further research have necessitated, as in the case of the first volume, the thorough revision of the text, the rewriting of many portions, and the discussion of a number of new topics. The additions to this volume are even more numerous than those to the first, with the consequence that, in spite of the typographical devices explained in the preface to the second edition of the first volume, the text of this volume has been increased by one hundred pages. The increase is, in some measure, due to the fact that the thirteen Conventions of the Second Hague Peace Conference, and, further, the Declaration of London, are fully discussed and expounded. But the increase is also due to the fact that a number of other new topics have been discussed; I will only mention the questions whether enemy subjects have _persona standi in judicio_ (§ 100_a_), and whether trading with enemy subjects is permitted (§ 101). The system of the work, with but occasional slight alterations in arrangement and the headings of the sections, remains the same. In those cases, however, in which a portion had to be entirely rewritten--as, for instance, that on Enemy Character, that on Commencement of War, and that on Unneutral Service--the arrangement of the topics differs from that in the first edition, and the headings of the sections also differ. Apart from many new sections, a whole chapter treating of the proposed International Prize Court has been added at the end of the volume.