CHAPTER I--ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN GENERAL

I. _Negotiation_

477. Conception of Negotiation 529 478. Parties to Negotiation 529 479. Purpose of Negotiation 530 480. Negotiations by whom conducted 531 481. Form of Negotiation 531 482. End and Effect of Negotiation 532

II. _Congresses and Conferences_

483. Conception of Congresses and Conferences 533 484. Parties to Congresses and Conferences 534 485. Procedure at Congresses and Conferences 535

III. _Transactions besides Negotiation_

486. Different kinds of Transaction 536 487. Declaration 536 488. Notification 537 489. Protest 538 490. Renunciation 539