ABSTRACT
The exact legacies of the two Hague Peace Conferences remain unclear. On the one hand, diplomatic and military historians, who cast their gaze to 1914, traditionally dismiss the events of 1899 and 1907 as insignificant footnotes on the path to the First World War. On the other, experts in international law posit that The Hague’s foremost legacy lies in the manner in which the conferences progressed the law of war and the concept and application of international justice.
This volume brings together some of the latest scholarship on the legacies of the Hague Peace Conferences in a comprehensive volume, drawing together an international team of contributors.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|19 pages
Justifying international action
International law, The Hague and diplomacy before 1914
chapter 2|21 pages
Peace through law
The Hague Peace Conferences and the rise of the ius contra bellum
chapter 3|17 pages
Muddied waters
The influence of the first Hague conference on the evolution of the Geneva Conventions of 1864 and 1906
chapter 5|17 pages
More than just a taboo
The legacy of the chemical warfare prohibitions of the 1899 and 1907 Hague Conferences
chapter 8|17 pages
Writing for peace
Reconsidering the British public peace petitioning movement’s historical legacies after 1898
chapter 12|17 pages
The neutrals and Spanish neutrality
A legal approach to international peace in constitutional texts
