System, Order, and International Law

Thomas Kleinlein, David Roth-Isigkeit

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• For many centuries, thinkers have tried to understand and to conceptualize political and legal order beyond the boundaries of sovereign territories. T... Lees meer

The New Histories of International Criminal Law

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• The language of international criminal law has considerable traction in global politics, and much of its legitimacy is embedded in apparently 'axiomat... Lees meer

Sepúlveda on the Spanish Invasion of the Americas

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• This volume presents the first full English translation of four key texts from the dispute between Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda and Bartolomé de las Casas ... Lees meer

Sovereignty

Hermann Heller

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• Hermann Heller was one of the leading public lawyers and legal and political theorists of the Weimar era, whose main interlocutors were two of the gia... Lees meer

Hidden History of International Law in the Americas

Juan Pablo Scarfi

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• International law has played a crucial role in the construction of imperial projects. Yet within the growing field of studies about the history of int... Lees meer

Crafting the International Order

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• This volume sheds light on how lawyers have made sense of, engaged in, and shaped international politics over the past three hundred years. Chapters s... Lees meer

From Slaves to Prisoners of War

Will Smiley

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• The Ottoman-Russian wars of the eighteenth century reshaped the map of Eurasia and the Middle East, but they also birthed a novel concept--the prisone... Lees meer

Battle for International Law Htil C

Dann Von Bernstorff

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis of international legal debates between 1955 and 1975 related to the formal decolonization proces... Lees meer

The Law of Nations in Global History

C H Alexandrowicz

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• The history and theory of international law have been transformed in recent years by post-colonial and post-imperial critiques of the universalistic c... Lees meer

Victims

Svenja Goltermann

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• Classifying people as 'victims' is a historical phenomenon with remarkable growth since the second half of the 20th century. The term victim is widely... Lees meer

Britain and International Law in West Africa

Inge Van Hulle

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• Africa often remains neglected in studies that discuss the historical relationship between international law and imperialism during the nineteenth cen... Lees meer

The Project of Positivism in International Law

Monica Garcia-Salmones Rovira

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• International legal positivism has been crucial to the development of international law since the nineteenth century. It is often seen as the basis of... Lees meer

The Justification of War and International Order

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• The history of war is also a history of its justification. The contributions to this book argue that the justification of war rarely happens as empty ... Lees meer

Nineteenth Century Perspectives on Private International Law

Roxana Banu

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• Private International Law is often criticized for failing to curb private power in the transnational realm. The field appears disinterested or powerle... Lees meer

International Law and Religion

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• This books maps out the territory of international law and religion challenging received traditions in fundamental aspects. On the one hand, the conne... Lees meer

The World Bank's Lawyers

Dimitri Van Den Meerssche

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• The World Bank's Lawyers provides an original socio-legal account of the evolving institutional life of international law. Informed by oral archives, ... Lees meer

Formalizing Displacement

Umut Özsu

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• Large-scale population transfers are immensely disruptive. Interestingly, though, their legal status has shifted considerably over time. In this book,... Lees meer

The Right of Sovereignty

Daniel Lee

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• Sovereignty is the vital organizing principle of modern international law. This book examines the origins of that principle in the legal and political... Lees meer

The Invention of Custom

Francesca Iurlaro

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• The concept of customary international law, although differently formulated, is already present in early modern European debates on natural law and th... Lees meer

International Law and Empire

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• In times in which global governance in its various forms, such as human rights, international trade law, and development projects, is increasingly pro... Lees meer

A History of International Law in Italy

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• This volume critically reassesses the history and impact of international law in Italy. It examines how Italy's engagement with international law has ... Lees meer

The Renaissance of Roman Colonization

• Hardcover | Engels | History and Theory of International Law
• The colonization policies of Ancient Rome followed a range of legal arrangements concerning property distribution and state formation, documented in f... Lees meer