The Renovation of International Law: On the Basis of a Juridical Community of Mankind

I have written my work during THE WAR. The idea of acoJ1ectivity of the States is interwoven allthrough my work, but, of course, the pro­ ject of a League of nations, which has been elaborated during the armi­ stice, could not be taken into consideration. This is, moreover, a subject­ matter which can only be dealt with, in an experimental way, in future times. Besides, I dare say that my work does not fall short with regard to the plans of the day; so far as the juridical community of mankind is concerned, it is even ahead of its time. MARCH, 1919. JITTA. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. OBJECT AND SCHEME OF THE WORK. page 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. CHAPTER II. THE SYSTEM. FIRST PART. Public International Law. First Section. THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. § I. The Sovereignty of the State and the Sovereignty of Mankind. 7 The sovereignty of the State. The qualifications to be given to the sovereignty of the State according to reasonable principles. The qualifications of the sovereignty in positive law. The religious and patriotic impediments of the evolution of positive law, as to so­ vereignty.