| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 338 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Custom and morality: natural law, customary law and ius gentium -- Pitfalls in the interpretation of customary law / Frederick Schauer -- The moral role of conventions / Ross Harrison -- Habit and convention at the foundation of custom / James Bernard Murphy -- Custom, ordinance and natural right in Gratian's Decretum / Jean Porter -- Vitoria and Suarez on ius gentium, natural law, and custom / Brian Tierney -- Custom and positivity: an examination of the philosophic ground of the Hegel-Savigny controversy / Christoph Kletzer |
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pt. 2. Custom and the law: custom, common law and customary international law -- Custom in medieval law / David Ibbetson -- Siege warfare in the early modern age: a study on the customary laws of war / Randall Lesaffer -- The idea of common law as custom / Alan Cromartie -- Three ways of writing a treatise on public international law: textbooks and the nature of customary international law / Amanda Perrau-Saussine -- Custom, common law reasoning and the law of nations in the nineteenth century / Michael Lobban -- Custom in international law: a normative practice account / Gerald J. Postema -- Customary international law and the quest for global justice / John Tasioulas |
| Summary |
A group of philosophers, historians and lawyers assess the nature and significance of customary law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Customary law.
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Customary law -- Philosophy
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Customary law -- History
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Customary law, International.
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LAW -- Customary.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
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Customary law
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Customary law, International
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Customary law -- Philosophy
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Gewohnheitsrecht
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Perreau-Saussine, Amanda
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Murphy, James Bernard, 1958-
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| ISBN |
9780511275661 |
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0511275668 |
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0521875110 |
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9780521875110 |
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0511274963 |
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9780511274961 |
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9780511493744 |
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0511493746 |
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1280815841 |
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9781280815843 |
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9780511274220 |
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051127422X |
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9780511273438 |
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0511273436 |
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1107172322 |
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9781107172326 |
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9786610815845 |
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6610815844 |
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0511321139 |
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9780511321139 |
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