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Title: The Future of International Law

Author: Lassa Oppenheim

Release Date: July 31, 2010 [EBook #33302]

Language: English

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Pamphlet Series of the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
No. 39

THE FUTURE OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW

BY L. OPPENHEIM, LL.D.

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

WHEWELL PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND

HON. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE IN MADRID

OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
London, Edinburgh, New York, Toronto, Melbourne and Bombay
HUMPHREY MILFORD
1921

PRINTED IN ENGLAND
AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

In a note prepared in 1915 for the English edition, Professor Oppenheim
stated the circumstances under which his tractate on _The Future of
International Law_ was undertaken and published.

'This little work,' he said, 'originally written in German, was
first published in 1911, under the title _Die Zukunft des
Voelkerrechts_ (Leipzig: W. Engelmann), as a contribution to the
_Festschrift_ offered to Professor Karl Binding. Events which
have since happened make it necessary to call the reader's
attention to the date of original publication.

'The translation into English has been made by Dr. John Pawley
Bate. In accordance with the wish of the author some slight
modifications of the original text were made before
translation. The numbers of the paragraphs and the marginal
summaries do not appear in the original.'

As was his wont with all his publications, Professor Oppenheim had sent
the undersigned a copy of the German text. The value of 'this little
work', as its author called it, was a