50. Law can exist without official administration 41 51. The Hague Court of Arbitration as a permanent institution 41 52. The proposed International Prize Court and Court of Arbitral Justice 42 53. Does the constitution of the International Prize Court violate the principle of the equality of states? 43 54. Does the International Prize Court restrict the sovereignty of the several states? 43 55. Would the formation of an international Prize Court of Appeal infringe the sovereignty of the several states? 44 56. The powers of the International Prize Court do not curtail state-sovereignty 45 57. Difference between international courts of arbitration and real international courts of justice 46 58. Fundamentals of arbitration in contradistinction to administration of justice by a court 47 59. Opposition to a real international court 48 60. A real international court does not endanger the peaceable settlement of disputes 49 61. Composition of an international court 50 62. International courts of appeal a necessity 51 63. Are international courts valueless if states are not bound to submit their disputes to them? 52 64. What is to be done if a state refuses to accept the decision of an international court? 54 65. Executive power not necessary for an international court 54 66. Right of intervention by third states and war as _ultima ratio_ 55 CHAPTER IV THE SCIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 67. New tasks for the science of international law 56 68. The science of international law must become positive 56 69. The science of international law must be impartial 58 70. The science of international law must free itself from the tyranny of phrases 58 71. The meaning of '_Kriegsräson geht vor Kriegsmanier_' 59 72. The doctrine of Rousseau concerning war 60 73. The science of international law must become international 63 74. Necessary to consult foreign literature on international law 63 75. Necessary to understand foreign juristic methods 64 CONCLUSION 76. The aims defended are not Utopian 66 77. Obstacles to progress 67 INTRODUCTION [Sidenote: International law in the past.]