CHAPTER I--ON WAR IN GENERAL

I. _Characteristics of War_

53. War no illegality 59 54. Conception of War 60 55. War a contention 61 56. War a contention between States 62 57. War a contention between States through armed forces 63 58. War a contention between States for the purpose of overpowering each other 67 59. Civil War 68 60. Guerilla War 70

II. _Causes, Kinds, and Ends of War_

61. Rules of Warfare independent of Causes of War 72 62. Causes of War 73 63. Just Causes of War 74 64. Causes in contradistinction to Pretexts for War 75 65. Different kinds of War 76 66. Ends of War 76

III. _The Laws of War_

67. Origin of the Laws of War 78 68. The latest Development of the Laws of War 79 69. Binding force of the Laws of War 83

IV. _The Region of War_

70. Region of War in contradistinction to Theatre of War 85 71. Particular Region of every War 86 72. Exclusion from Region of War through Neutralisation 88 73. Asserted exclusion of the Baltic Sea from the Region of War 90

V. _The Belligerents_

74. Qualification to become a Belligerent (_facultas bellandi_) 90 75. Possibility in contradistinction to qualification to become a Belligerent 91 76. Insurgents as a Belligerent Power 92 77. Principal and accessory Belligerent Parties 93

VI. _The Armed Forces of the Belligerents_

78. Regular Armies and Navies 94 79. Non-combatant Members of Armed Forces 95 80. Irregular Forces 96 81. Levies _en masse_ 97 82. Barbarous Forces 98 83. Privateers 99 84. Converted Merchantmen 100 85. The Crews of Merchantmen 104 86. Deserters and Traitors 106

VII. _Enemy Character_

87. On Enemy Character in general 106 88. Enemy Character of Individuals 108 89. Enemy Character of Vessels 112 90. Enemy Character of Goods 115 91. Transfer of Enemy Vessels 117 92. Transfer of Goods on Enemy Vessels 119