Volume One
Part one: National, international, and diplomatic languages of the past present; Their nature and history; and the methods of linguistic practices in official international relations
1. Language and nationality
2. National languages and international relations
3. International (universal) language
4. Classical and liturgical languages; Linguae Francae
5. About diplomacy and the language of diplomatic intercourse
6. Diplomatic language (Language of Diplomacy)
7. Diplomatic and international languages distinguished
8. Diplomatic languages of the earliest civilizations
9. Diplomatic languages of antiquity in continued employment during the middle ages and modern times
10. Diplomatic languages of the medieval period and the beginning of the modern era (of the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries)
11. The French language
12. The English language
13. English versus French
14. The price of linguistic supremacy
15. Working and official languages of diplomacy
16. The Russian language
17. Danger of multiple authenticity in international engagements
18. The role of language specialists in official international relations
19. Mechanical (machine) translation of languages
20. Official languages of international regional organizations
21. Notable exceptions from the established practices of the United Nations regarding the use of official languages
22. Linguistic paradoxes in historical retrospect
23. Historical parallels in the ascendancy of languages as recognized media of diplomatic employment
Volume Two
Part Two: Linguistic provisions in state constitutions, treaties, international engagements, resolutions and recommendations of the league of nations and the United States
1. Nationality and linguistic diversity
2. National languages and state constitutions
3. The Paris peace conference of 1919-1920, and international protection of linguistic minorities
4. The United Nations, and the protection of minorities
5. The role of the United Nations in the promotion of local languages in trust territories
Part three: Diplomatic languages and international law
1. Prefatory summation of parts I and II on languages of official intercourse
2. The problem: An inquiry into the status of diplomatic languages in international law
3. Diplomatic languages in relation to general principles of international law
4. Diplomatic languages and the sources of modern international law
5. International custom as a source of law
6. Diplomatic language in relation to concepts of international usage, custom, and comity
7. Treaties and diplomatic languages
8. Diplomatic language in relation to the principle of Desuetude
9. Diplomatic language and the legal doctrines dealing with the termination of international engagements
10. Diplomatic language, the Clausula Rebus Sic Stantibus and the doctrine of "Peaceful change"
11. Judicial determinations of courts and international tribunals as a source of international law
12. Linguistic aspects involving judicial determinations
13. Conclusion.