Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Foreword / H.W.A. Thirlway -- List of Abbreviations / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter One The Movement Towards an International Lex Scripta / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Two Concepts and Methods of Codification of International Law / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Three The Sources of Law in the Modern International Community / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Four The Nature and the Formation of International Customary Law / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Five International Legislation Through the United Nations / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Six The Interaction of Custom and Codifying Treaties / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Seven Custom as Law Ancillary to Codified Law / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Eight Codified Law and Dissentient States / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Nine Codification and After: The Subsequent Development of the Law / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Chapter Ten Conclusion / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Back Matter -- Table of Books and Articles Cited / H. W. A. Thirlway -- Index / H. W. A. Thirlway.

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