Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 1 Introductory Remarks 2 Scope 3 Structure and Methodology2 The Theoretical Background 1 Ius Ad Bellum 1.1 The Just War Doctrine 1.2 The Concept of Legal War 1.3 The Situation in the 19th Century 2 Arbitration and Adjudication 2.1 Initial Remarks 2.2 The Legal Nature of Arbitration 2.3 Traditional Arbitration 2.4 International Adjudication 2.

5 The Difference between Isolated and Institutional Arbitration 2.6 Conclusion 3 Conflict Settlement in the North Atlantic World before 1899 1 The Historical Outset of Arbitration 2 Arbitration in the First Half of the 19th Century 3 Peace Societies 4 Arbitration between 1854 and 1870 5 Arbitration between 1871 and 1899 5.1 The Societal Perspective on International Law 5.2 International Law in Practice 5.3 The Peace Movement's Plans for the Future 6 Conclusion4 The Situation in Latin America 1 Historical Outset 2 Legal Background 2.1 An Overwhelming Spirit of Solidarity and Togetherness 2.2 The Instrument of Arbitration 2.3 International Law in Latin America 2.

4 Imperialism in America 3 The First Pan-American Conference (1889/90) 4 Conclusion5 Arbitration (1899-1905) 1 The Outset in 1899 2 The First Hague Peace Conference (1899) 2.1 The Czar's Rescript 2.2 The Proceedings of the Conference 2.3 The Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes 2.4 The U.S.-American Plan for an International Tribunal 3 The Years between the Two Hague Conferences 3.1 The Second Pan-American Conference (1901/1902) 3.

2 A Wave of Conclusions of Obligatory Arbitration Treaties 3.3 A Different Attitude towards Latin America 4 Conclusion6 Adjudication (1906-1914) 1 The Period before the Second Hague Peace Conference (1906/1907) 1.1 The Third Pan-American Conference 1.2 Adjudication 2 The Second Hague Peace Conference 2.1 The Proceedings 2.2 A General Treaty of Obligatory Arbitration 2.3 The International Prize Court 2.4 The Court of Arbitral Justice 2.

5 The Drago-Porter Doctrine 2.6 The Results of the Second Hague Peace Conference 3 The Period between 1907 and 1914 3.1 The Washington Conference (1907) 3.2 Follow-Up Events 3.3 Arbitration and Commissions of Inquiry 4 Conclusions7 Conclusions 1 Summarizing the Subsequent Developments 2 Conclusion Bibliography Index.