I. Introductory.- Importance of the decisions of the General Claims Commission -- 1. -- Other works dealing with the decisions of the General Claims Commission -- 3. -- Object of this book -- 5. -- Origin of the Mexican-American General Claims Commission -- 6. -- Activity of the Commission -- 7. -- Composition of the Commission -- 8. -- Scheme of the book -- 9.- II. Jurisdiction of the Commission.- Definition in the Convention of September 8, 1923- 10. -- Claims ,,incident to recent revolutions" -- 12. -- Jurisdiction over contract claims -- 15. -- Effect of acknowledgment of obligation -- 21. -- Article V of the Convention (exhaustion of local remedies) -- 21. -- Claims connected with conflicts between governments. Administrative acts during occupation -- 23. -- Effect of rank of delinquent official upon jurisdiction -- 27. -- Claims based on acts of a municipality in its civil capacity -- 27. -- Questions of competency as between tribunals of one state -- 28. -- Difference between a defence raising a question of jurisdiction and one based on the merits of a case -- 29.- III. Claimants.- Character of a claim -- 33. -- Right of action of heirs as representatives -- 44. -- Independent right of action of relatives -- 48.- IV. The Calvo Clause.- of the opinions -- 49. -- Objections of Mr. Nielsen -- 61. -- Interpretation of the Calvo clause -- 67. -- Rejection of the clause in its extreme form -- 70. -- Lawfulness of the clause in its limited form -- 72. -- Calvo clause and jurisdiction -- 74. -- Calvo clause and Article V of the Convention -- 76. -- Calvo clause and international delinquency -- 78. -- Origin of the Calvo clause -- 81. -- Conclusions -- 83. -- The way to proceed with cases involving the Calvo clause -- 85.- V. Acts Imputable to a State.- Appearance of authorization -- 88. -- Agents whose delictual acts may be imputed to a State -- 89. -- Minor officials -- 90. -- Position of a ,,Sindico" -- 94. -- What acts of agents are imputable to the State? -- 97.- VI. Responsibility of the State for Acts of Revolutionists.- Contractual obligations undertaken by illegal administration -- 103. -- Successful revolutionists -- 108. -- Damage caused by delictual acts of insurgents -- 109. -- Damage resulting from wrongful government acts which were caused by insurgents -- 112.- VII. Contractual Liability of a Government.- Tacit recognition -- 115. -- Exemption from taxes. Mere liberality -- 116. -- Position of stockholders with regard to rights and obligations of a stock company -- 118.- VIII. Elements of Liability for an International Delinquency.- Generally required elements -- 123. -- Fault -- 127. -- Exhaustion of local remedies -- 130.- IX. International Delinquency. General..- Standards to be applied -- 133. -- Responsibility for acts of different branches of Government -- 135. -- Position of aliens -- 138. -- Limited value of municipal law as a standard -- 139. -- How to proceed in determining the existence of an international delinquency -- 141.- X. International Delinquency (continued) ,,Denial of Justice".- The Chattin case -- 147. -- Meaning and extent of the term ,,denial of justice" -- 152. -- Standards to be applied -- 157. --Foundation of so-called ,,indirect liability". The Janes case -- 159. -- Merits of the Janes opinion -- 165. -- Criticism of the solution suggested in the Janes opinion -- 168. -- Suggestion for a satisfactory solution -- 173. -- Effect of the old and new theories concerning ,,indirect" liability in cases where the wrongdoer was a Government official -- 179. -- Respect due to national judiciary -- 182. -- Effect of punishment of delinquent official upon State responsibility -184. Effect of an ultimate just decision upon responsibility for preceding judicial faults -- 186. -- Facts constituting a so-called indirect denial of justice -- 189.- Lack of prosecution -- 190. -- Lack of apprehension -- 192. -- Lack of trial -- 193. -- Lack of adequate sentence -- 195. -- Lack of execution of sentence. Amnesty -- 196.- Facts insufficient to constitute denial of justice -- 198.- XI. International Delinquency (continued). Wrongful Treatment Suffered at the Hands of Judicial and Police Officials.- Illegal arrest -- 203. -- Excessive period of detention pending criminal proceedings -- 204. -- Failure to inform prisoner of reason for arrest; refusal to permit communication with other persons -- 206. -- Ill treatment -- 207. -- Other forms -- 208.- XII. International Delinquency (continued). Lack of Protection.- Standards to be applied -- 212. -- Effect of a special request for protection -- 213. -- Special protection due to foreign consuls -- 216. -- Facts constituting a lack of protection -- 221.- XIII. International Delinquency (continued) other Kinds of International Delinquencies.- Reckless use of firearms -- 223. -- Responsibility of a Government for persons taken into its custody -- 225. -- Responsibility of a Government for goods taken into its custody -- 228. -- Confiscation -- 229.- XIV. Causation and Indirect Damage.- Causation -- 230. -- Different forms of indirect damage -- 233. -- Case I. Indirect damage suffered by the direct victim -- 235. -- Case II. Indirect damage suffered by alien of the same nationality as the direct victim -- 246. -- The Dickson Car Wheel Company case -- 248. -- Case IIA. Indirect damage suffered in consequence of a contractual relationship between the direct and the indirect victim -- 254. -- Case III. Indirect damage suffered by an alien not of the same nationality as the alien directly injured -- 259. -- Case IV. Indirect damage sustained by a foreigner as a result of an injury inflicted by the defendant State upon its own subject -- 264. -- Conclusions -- 265.- XV. Damage.- Moral damage -- 267. -- Amounts of awards -- 270. -- Awards in contract cases -- 271. -- Currency. Rate of exchange -- 272. -- Interest -- 276.- XVI. Nationality.- XVII. Law of (Civil) War.- Law of war in civil war. Blockade of insurgent port -- 282. -- Conditions for a valid blockade -- 288. -- Effect of war on private rights -- 290.- XVIII. Miscellaneous.- Admiralty law and the law of nations -- 295. -- Foreign vessels in territorial waters -- 296. -- Police power over international rivers upon which navigation is free -- 298. -- Validity of unilateral destruction of foreign rights -- 300. -- Standing of individuals under international law -- 303. -- Prescription of international claims -- 304.- XIX. Effect of Unlawful or Censurable Conduct of Claimant.- Different forms of the problem -- 309. -- Wrongful behaviour of claimant preceding governmental action complained of -- 310. -- Forfeiture of the right of protection by flight from justice -- 316. -- Misrepresentation and exaggeration of facts -- 319. -- Participation of foreigners in internal politics -- 320.- Appendix I. General Claims Convention between the United States and Mexico of September 8, 1923.- Appendix II. Convention between the United States and Mexico of August 16, 1927.- Appendix III. Convention between the United States and Mexico of September 2, 1929.- Appendix IV. Bibliography.- Abbreviations.- Appendix V. Table of Cases.