Introduction. Towards a global history of international law / Bardo Fassbender and Anne Peters
Peoples and nations / Jörg Fisch
States : rise and decline of the primary subjects of the international community / Antonio Cassese
Peace treaties and the formation of international law / Randall Lesaffer
Minorities and majorities / Janne E. Nijman
Hostes humani generis : pirates, slavers, and other criminals / Joaquín Alcaide Fernández
International arbitration and courts / Cornelis G. Roelofsen
International organizations : between technology and democracy / Anne Peters and Simone Peter
Peace movements, civil society, and the development of international law / Cecelia Lynch
Territory and boundaries / Daniel-Erasmus Khan
Cosmopolis and utopia / Dominique Gaurier
Peace and war / Mary Ellen O'connell
Religion and religious intervention / Antje von Ungern-Sternberg
The protection of the individual in times of war and peace / Robert Kolb
Trade, chartered companies, and mercantile associations / Koen Stapelbroek
The sea / David J. Bederman
Africa north of the Sahara and Arab countries / Fatiha Sahli and Abdelmalek El Ouazzani
Africa / James Thuo Gathii
Ottoman Empire / Umut Özsu
China / Shin Kawashima
Japan / Masaharu Yanagihara
India / Bimal N. Patel
North America : American exceptionalism in international law / Mark W. Janis
Latin America / Jorge L. Esquirol
The Caribbean / David S. Berry
From the Late Middle Ages to the Peace of Westphalia / Martin Kintzinger
From the Peace of Westphalia to the Congress of Vienna / Heinz Duchhardt
From the Congress of Vienna to the Paris Peace Treaties of 1919 / Miloš Vec
From the Paris Peace Treaties to the end of the Second World War / Peter Krüger
China-Europe / Chi-Hua Tang
Japan-Europe / Kinji Akashi
India-Europe / Upendra Baxi
Russia-Europe / Lauri Mälksoo
North American Indigenous Peoples' encounters / Ken Coates
Diplomacy / Arthur Eyffinger
Discovery, conquest, and occupation of territory / Andrew Fitzmaurice
Colonialism and domination / Matthew Craven
Slavery / Seymour Drescher and Paul Finkelman
The civilized and the uncivilized / Liliana Obregón
A history of international law histories / Martti Koskenniemi
Doctrine versus state practice / Anthony Carty
The periodization of the history of international law / Oliver Diggelmann
The reception of ancient legal thought in early modern international law / Kaius Tuori
Eurocentrism in the history of international law / Arnulf Becker Lorca
Identifying regions in the history of international law / Antony Anghie
Muhammad al-Shaybānī (749/50-805) / Mashood A. Baderin
Francisco de Vitoria (1483-1546) and Francisco Suárez (1548-1617) / Annabel Brett
Alberico Gentili (1552-1608) / Merio Scattola
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) / Peter Haggenmacher
Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) / Knud Haakonssen
Christian Wolff (1679-1754) / Knud Haakonssen
Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673-1743) / Kinji Akashi
Jean-Jacques Rosseau (1712-1778) / Georg Cavallar
Emer de Vattel (1714-1767) / Emmanuelle Jouannet
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) / Pauline Kleingeld
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) / Armin von Bogdandy and Sergio Dellavalle
Henry Wheaton (1785-1848) / Lydia H. Liu
Francis Lieber (1798-1872) / Silja Vöneky
Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) / Simone Peter
Friedrich Fromhold von Martens (Fyodor Fyodorovich Martens) (1845-1909) / Lauri Mälksoo
Lassa Oppenheim (1858-1919) / Mathias Schmoeckel
Max Huber (1874-1960) / Oliver Diggelmann
Georges Scelle (1878-1961) / Oliver Diggelmann
Hans Kelsen (1881-1973) / Bardo Fassbender
Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) / Bardo Fassbender
Hersch Lauterpacht (1897-1960) / Iain Scobbie.