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The Laws of War in International Thought
This book investigates the intellectual history of the laws of war. It reconstructs the distinctive ways of thinking about the legal regulation of war in history, contrasts these to more familiar just war and realist approaches, and shows how closely connected they have been to the process of spelling out the nature, function, and powers of state sovereignty.
| Author(s) | By Pablo Kalmanovitz (Research Professor, Research Professor, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE)). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 208 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 14 Sept 2020 |
| Availability | Available |
This book investigates the intellectual history of the laws of war. It reconstructs the distinctive ways of thinking about the legal regulation of war in history, contrasts these to more familiar just war and realist approaches, and shows how closely connected they have been to the process of spelling out the nature, function, and powers of state sovereignty.
Introduction 1: Political Theology, Ius Gentium, and Just War in Spanish Scholasticism 2: Hugo Grotius on Solemn War and the Difference Sovereignty Makes 3: Regular War and Resort to Force in the Enlightenment 4: Enlightenment Ideals of Limited Warfar
Pablo Kalmanovitz is research professor at the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) in Mexico City.
