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A Manual Digest of Common International Law. With Theoretical and Historical Introductions and a Discussion of the Future of International Law. By Pitman B. Potter. New York and London: Harper & Bros, 1932. Pp. xxii, 284Index. $2.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2017

Manley O. Hudson
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1933 , pp. 590 - 591
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1933

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1 The following statements indicate the character of the Digest:

“ §3. Consent, individual. The consent of the individual state to a rule of international law must be given before a rule of that law may be applied to that state.”

“ §161. Treaties, accession and adhesion. Non-contracting states may accede to a treaty only with the consent of the original signatories, but a state acceding to a treaty is bound as though a ratifying signatory thereof; states merely adhering to or recognizing a treaty between other states are not so bound.”

“ §198. National action; questions of right. States are entitled to decide for themselves upon the substance and extent of their rights under international law.”

“ §212. Use of force; war. Any state may undertake against another state or its government hostilities intended to coerce that state or government into compliance with its demands (war).”