CHAPTER VII--THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE COURT

I. _Proposals for International Prize Courts_

438. Early Projects 559 439. German Project of 1907 561 440. British Project of 1907 562 441. Convention XII. of the Second Peace Conference 563

II. _Constitution and Competence of the International Prize Court_

442. Personnel 565 443. Deciding Tribunal 566 444. Administrative Council and International Bureau 569 445. Agents, Counsel, Advocates, and Attorneys 569 446. Competence 569 447. What Law to be applied 571

III. _Procedure in the International Prize Court_

448. Entering of Appeal 572 449. Pleadings and Discussion 574 450. Judgment 575 451. Expenses and Costs 576

IV. _Action in Damages instead of Appeal_

452. Reason for Action in Damages instead of Appeal 577 453. Procedure if Action for Damages is brought 578

APPENDICES

I. Declaration of Paris of 1856 583

II. Declaration of St. Petersburg of 1868 584

III. Declaration concerning Expanding Bullets of 1899 585

IV. Declaration concerning the Diffusion of Asphyxiating Gases of 1899 586

V. Geneva Convention of 1906 587

VI. Final Act of the Second Hague Peace Conference of 1907 591

I. Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes 592 II. Convention respecting the Limitation of the Employment of Force for the Recovery of Contract Debts 601 III. Convention relative to the Opening of Hostilities 602 IV. Convention concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land 603 V. Convention respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in War on Land 609 VI. Convention relative to the Status of Merchantmen at the Outbreak of Hostilities 612 VII. Convention relative to the Conversion of Merchantmen into Men-of-War 613 VIII. Convention relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines 614 IX. Convention respecting Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War 616 X. Convention for the Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention to Maritime Warfare 617 XI. Convention relative to certain Restrictions on the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Maritime War 621 XII. Convention concerning the Establishment of an International Prize Court 622 XIII. Convention concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Maritime War 629 XIV. Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons 632 XV. Draft Convention concerning the Creation of a Judicial Arbitration Court 632

VII. Declaration of London of 1909 (including the Report of the Drafting Committee) 637

VIII. Additional Protocol, of 1910, to the Hague Convention concerning the Establishment of an International Prize Court 665

IX. Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 667

X. The Naval Prize Act, 1864 674

XI. The Prize Courts Act, 1894 682

XII. Naval Prize Bill of 1911 683

XIII. Geneva Convention Act, 1911 690

INDEX 691