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The Invention of Custom: Natural Law and the Law of Nations, ca. 1550-1750
This books tells the neglected story of the relationship between custom and the European natural law and ius gentium tradition. It explores what cultural values and practices facilitated the emergence of custom and rendered it into as a source of the law of nations, and how they did so.
| Author(s) | By Francesca Iurlaro (Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 304 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 23 Dec 2021 |
| Availability | Available |
This books tells the neglected story of the relationship between custom and the European natural law and ius gentium tradition. It explores what cultural values and practices facilitated the emergence of custom and rendered it into as a source of the law of nations, and how they did so.
Introduction: The 'Problematic' of Custom in the Natural Law and Ius Gentium Tradition Part I. Custom, Conscience, and Natural Law 1: The Problematic of Custom in Roman and Canon Law 2: 'Like Beginners in Arabic'. Custom and Reason in Francisco de Vito
Francesca Iurlaro is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. She holds a PhD in Law from the European University Institute in Florence (2018). She graduated in the history of philosphy (Univer
