War and the Law of Nations

War and the Law of Nations

Author: Stephen C. Neff

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-08-04

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 9780521662055

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This 2005 volume is a history of war, from an international law perspective, from Roman times to the present.


On the Law of Nations

On the Law of Nations

Author: Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780674635753

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The US Senator from New York offers an insightful account of American attitudes toward international law from the founding of the Republic to the present day. He reveals Americans to be generally well-disposed toward a law of nations, notwithstanding the contrary values of the US government over the last decade. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


America and the Law of Nations 1776-1939

America and the Law of Nations 1776-1939

Author: Mark W. Janis

Publisher: OUP UK

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0199579342

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This book narrates the important role that international law has played in America and the crucial if complex story of America's place in promoting and frustrating international law. Based on the stories of key figures in American history and written in an accessible style, it is a must read for anyone interested in America's place in the world.


War and Peace

War and Peace

Author: Valentina Vadi

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-05-18

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 9004426035

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This treatise investigates the emergence of the early modern law of nations, focusing on Alberico Gentili’s contribution to the same. A religious refugee and Regius Professor at the University of Oxford, Alberico Gentili (1552–1608) lived in difficult times of religious wars and political persecution. He discussed issues that were topical in his lifetime and remain so today, including the clash of civilizations, the conduct of war, and the maintenance of peace. His idealism and political pragmatism constitute the principal reasons for the continued interest in his work. Gentili’s work is important for historical record, but also for better analysing and critically assessing the origins of international law and its current developments, as well as for elaborating its future trajectories.


Brierly's Law of Nations

Brierly's Law of Nations

Author: Andrew Clapham

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-08-09

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0191632678

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This concise book is an introduction to the role of international law in international relations. Written for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, the book first appeared in 1928 and attracted a wide readership. This new edition builds on Brierly's scholarship and his idea that law must serve a social purpose. Previous editions of The Law of Nations have been the standard introduction to international law for decades, and are widely popular in many different countries due to the simplicity and brevity of the prose style. Providing a comprehensive overview of international law, this new version of the classic book retains the original qualities and is again essential reading for all those interested in learning what role the law plays in international affairs. The reader will find chapters on traditional and contemporary topics such as: the basis of international obligation, the role of the UN and the International Criminal Court, the emergence of new states, the acquisition of territory, the principles covering national jurisdiction and immunities, the law of treaties, the different ways of settling international disputes, and the rules on resort to force and the prohibition of aggression.


Justice among Nations

Justice among Nations

Author: Stephen C. Neff

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2014-02-18

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 0674726545

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Justice among Nations tells the story of the rise of international law and how it has been formulated, debated, contested, and put into practice from ancient times to the present. Stephen Neff avoids technical jargon as he surveys doctrines from natural law to feminism, and practice from the Warring States of China to the international criminal courts of today. Ancient China produced the first rudimentary set of doctrines. But the cornerstone of international law was laid by the Romans, in the form of universal natural law. However, as medieval European states encountered non-Christian peoples from East Asia to the New World, new legal quandaries arose, and by the seventeenth century the first modern theories of international law were devised.New challenges in the nineteenth century encompassed nationalism, free trade, imperialism, international organizations, and arbitration. Innovative doctrines included liberalism, the nationality school, and solidarism. The twentieth century witnessed the League of Nations and a World Court, but also the rise of socialist and fascist states and the advent of the Cold War. Yet the collapse of the Soviet Union brought little respite. As Neff makes clear, further threats to the rule of law today come from environmental pressures, genocide, and terrorism.


The Thin Justice of International Law

The Thin Justice of International Law

Author: Steven R. Ratner

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 0198704046

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Offering a new interdisciplinary approach to global justice and integrating the insights of international relations and contemporary ethics, this book asks whether the core norms of international law are just by appraising them according to a standard of global justice grounded in the advancement of peace and protection of human rights.


The Roman Foundations of the Law of Nations

The Roman Foundations of the Law of Nations

Author: Benedict Kingsbury

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2010-12-09

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 0199599874

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This book explores ways in which both the theory and the practice of international politics was built upon Roman private and public law foundations on a variety of issues including the organization and limitation of war, peace settlements, embassies, commerce, and shipping.