My thanks are once more due to reviewers and readers who have drawn my attention to mistakes and misprints in the first edition; and I am again indebted to Miss B. M. Rutter and Mr. C. F. Pond for their valuable assistance in reading the proofs and in drawing up the Table of Cases and the alphabetical Index. L. OPPENHEIM. WHEWELL HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE, _June 1, 1912_. ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES OF BOOKS, ETC., QUOTED IN THE TEXT The books referred to in the bibliography and notes are, as a rule, quoted with their full titles and the date of their publication. But certain books, periodicals, and Conventions which are very often referred to throughout this work are quoted in an abbreviated form, as follows:-- A.J. = The American Journal of International Law. Annuaire = Annuaire de l'Institut de Droit International. Ariga = Ariga, La Guerre Russo-Japonaise (1908). Barboux = Barboux, Jurisprudence Du Conseil Des Prises Pendant La Guerre De 1870-71 (1871). Barclay, Problems = Barclay, Problems of International Practice and Diplomacy (1907). Bernsten = Bernsten, Das Seekriegsrecht (1911). Bluntschli = Bluntschli, Das moderne Völkerrecht der civilisirten Staaten als Rechtsbuch dargestellt, 3rd ed. (1878). Boeck = Boeck, De La Propriété Privée Ennemie Sous Pavillon Ennemi (1882). Boidin = Boidin, Les Lois De La Guerre et Les Deux Conférences De La Haye (1908). Bonfils = Bonfils, Manuel De Droit International Public, 6th ed. by Fauchille (1912). Bordwell = Bordwell, The Law of War between Belligerents (1908). Bulmerincq = Bulmerincq, Das Völkerrecht (1887). Calvo = Calvo, Le Droit International, etc., 5th ed., 6 vols. (1896). Convention I. = Hague Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes. Convention II. = Hague Convention respecting the limitation of the employment of force for the recovery of contract debts. Convention III. = Hague Convention relative to the commencement of hostilities. Convention IV. = Hague Convention concerning the laws and customs of war on land.