Chapter I. Introductory: Concept and scope of treatment
Part I History of the discussion of the freedom of the seas
Chapter II. The discussion in antiquity
Chapter III. The discussion in the Middle Ages
Chapter IV. The Grotius-Selden controversy
Chapter V. The discussion of the freedom of the seas since 1650
Part II Maritime international law defining the freedom of the seas
Chapter VI. The law of territorial waters
Chapter VII. The law of war at sea
Chapter VIII. The law regarding piracy, slave trade, and navigation
Chapter IX. The effect of the World War upon the freedom of the seas
Part III The political problem of the law of the seas
Chapter X. The policy of continental power
Chapter XI. The policy of maritime power
Chapter XII. The solution of the problem of the freedom of the seas.