paragraph 208 in volume 2, chapter 12, The Compulsory Jurisdiction (Optional Clause)

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Some declarations accepting the compulsory jurisdiction contain a war exclusion clause.¹ It has taken several forms. That is a development which commenced after the First World War. Previously, in the absence of a permanent pre constituted international tribunal, there was no need to exclude disputes arising out of belligerent acts from an obligation of peaceful settlement of disputes by legal means. This exclusion w…