The Institut de Droit International, after discussions extending over several years, accepted the principle of an International Court of Appeal, though only in combination with a complete scheme of prize law, in its _Code des Prises maritimes_, completed in 1887, section 100.
At the Conference of 1907, the work of several committees, and a masterly report by Professor Renault, _Parl.

Papers_, No.

iv.
(1908), p.

9, resulted in The Hague Convention, No.xii.

of that year, providing for the establishment of a mixed Court of Appeal from national prize Courts.
According to Art.