Introduction: A Utopian Dream? 1. Approaches to International Dispute Resolution I. Resolving Disputes between States: Influences on Policy Making II. The Nineteenth Century Approach III. Approach to Arbitration 2. The Geneva Arbitration I. The Anglo-American Relationship 1782-1861 II. How the Claims Arose III.

The Diplomatic Negotiations Regarding the Treaty of Washington and the Tribunal's Terms of Reference, the Arguments of the Parties IV. The Claims V. Constitution of the Tribunal and the Proceedings VI. The Case of the United States VII. The Case of Britain VIII. Final Award of the Arbitrators IX. Sir Alexander Cockburn's Dissenting Award X. The Foreign Enlistment Act 1819 XI.

Results of the Arbitration and Effect XII. Diplomatic Reflections on the American Civil War XIII. Lessons of the Geneva Arbitration 3. Forms of Dispute Resolution as Instruments of Prevention: Part I I. The Behring Sea Arbitration II. The Anglo-Venezuela Arbitration 4. Forms of Dispute Resolution as Instruments of Prevention: Part II I. The Pious Fund Case II.

The Dogger Bank Inquiry III. The Panama Canal Dispute IV. The Casablanca Case 5. Towards a Code of International Arbitration: Instruments of Peace and Diplomacy I. Evolution of an International Law to Resolve Disputes between States II. Anglo-American Treaty Discussions III. The Influence of American Jurists IV. The Hague Conference and Convention 1899 V.

An International Court of Arbitration VI. The Inquiry Process VII. The Permanent Court of Arbitration VIII. Second Hague Peace Conference IX. Conclusions on the Hague Conferences 6. Diplomacy as an Instrument of Prevention I. The Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty II. Entente Diplomacy and the Moroccan Crises III.

The Balkan Crisis 1912-13: Ambassadorial Consultations 7. When 'National Honour' Led to War I. The Utility of International Arbitration in the Context of the World Crisis of 1914 II. Sir Edward Grey III. The Diplomatic Counterpoise IV. Could a Dispute Process Have Stopped the Descent into War? V. Danger of Civil War in Ireland VI. The Predicament of Russia VII.

The British Interest VIII. Russian Mobilisation IX. British Neutrality X. Decision for War XI. National Honour: The Diplomatic Counterfactual.