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1 online resource (648 pages) : illustrations |
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Legal History Library, 1874-1793 ; Volume 17 |
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Studies in the History of International Law ; Volume 7 |
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Legal history library. Volume 17
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Legal history library. Studies in the history of international law ; Volume 7.
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| Contents |
Balance of Power and Norm Hierarchy: Franco-British Diplomacy after the Peace of Utrecht; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1: Introduction; 1 A Theoretical Assessment; I Practical Legal Argumentation: A Research Gap?; II International Order: Balance of Power; III Normativity: Law as Interaction in the Society of States; 2 Practical Argumentation in the "Trente Heureuses", to theimage of Rousset de Missy; 3 Sources and Methodology; I Sources; II Methodology; 2: The System of Stanhope and Dubois (1717-1723); 1 Post Utrecht |
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I The trouble European waters of 1715II "Les petites choses qu'il faut perdre pour avoir les grandes": the Birth of a System; 2 Shock Absorption: The War of the Quadruple Alliance; I Italy Reconfigured; II "À proportion que la peur de l'Espagne diminuë, la jalousie de l'Empereur augmente": Waiting for Alberoni's exit; III Shedding the Sun King and Marlborough's Debts, Unsettling the Ministry: The West and South Companies; 3 Epilogue; I Saint-Simon's mission to Spain; II Walpole and Fleury; III The End of the Regency; 3: Stanhope and Dubois's Diplomatic Legacy |
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1 The Cambrai Conference (1722-1725)I Congress Dynamics; II The Slow Transformation to Failure; 2 Cambrai Derailed: The Multilateral Essence of the OstendCompany and the Pragmatic Sanction; I The Ostend Company; II The Pragmatic Sanction; 3 Epilogue: The Triumph of Avoidant Behaviour (1725-1731); I Threats, Intimidation and Betrayal: From Herrenhausen to Wusterhausen; II Winding The Clock Back to 1720; 4: Jealousy and Misunderstandings? The Disintegration of the European System (1731-1740); 1 Who Gives the Law to Europe? The Repercussions of Britain's Cavalier Seul |
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I The Treaty of Vienna (16 March 1731) and Its ConsequencesII Trade and Colonial Issues, Thermometer of the Franco-British Relation; III Elisabeth Farnese's Italian Dream; 2 The Polish Question; I "Il nous faut la Lorraine": Stanislas as Useful Father-in-Law; II The Maritime Powers Sidelined; 3 "Setting a New Balance in Europe": Separate and Thus Different Strategies; I "He Can Tell an Egregious Lye with a Better Grace than Anybody": Fleury With Gloves On; II Britain, a Blue-Water Power; III Epilogue; 5: Conclusion; 1 The Functions of International Law |
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I International Law, or a Law of Self-Subjected Actor-LegislatorsII Absence of Authority: Big Power Law or the Bulwark of Smaller States?; III The Rhetorical Use of International Law; 2 Results; Chronology; Simplified Genealogies; Sources; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Balance of Power and Norm Hierarchy: Franco-British Diplomacy after the Peace of Utrecht offers a detailed study of practical legal argumentation in French and British diplomacy in the age of 'Walpole and Fleury' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
International law -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
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Balance of power -- History -- 18th century
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LAW -- International.
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Balance of power
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Diplomatic relations
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International law
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- 18th century
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056700
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| Subject |
Europe
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004293755 |
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9004293752 |
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