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1 online resource (xxii, 780 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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IUS GENTIUM : THE STRUCTURE OF THE LAW OF THE NATIONS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES: Unity and subdivision of the Occident under the dyarchy of emperor and pope -- The foundation of the international legal community : the Occidental Christian community -- The subjects of the international legal community : the polities of the Feudal Age -- Admission to the family of nations : approbation and recognition -- Law-making : natural law and treaty practice -- The judiciary : the development and structure of medieval arbitration -- Law Enforcement : the idea and reality of the "just war" -- The legal forms of territorial settlement : adjudication and occupation -- Law and dominion of the sea : claims by the coastal states -- IUS INTER GENTES : THE LAW OF NATIONS IN THE SPANISH AGE 1494-1648: The predominance of Spain in the state system -- The foundation of the international legal community : the laws of the European family of Christian nations -- The subjects of the international legal community : the early modern states -- Admission to the international law community : the recognition of the independence of the Netherlands -- Law-making : ius naturae and ius voluntarium -- The judicial settlement of international disputes : the decline of arbitration -- Law enforcement : the genesis of the classical law of war -- The institutions of the law of nations for the formation of a territorial order in the Age of Discoveries -- Law and dominion of the sea : mare clausum vs. mare liberum |
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DROIT PUBLIC DE L'EUROPE : THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER DURING THE FRENCH AGE 1648-1815: The age of French predominance in the state system -- The foundations of the international legal community : European balance of power, dynastic solidarity, colonial expansion -- The subjects of the international legal community : closed territorial states -- Admission to the family of nations : the recognition of the independence of the United States -- The formation of legal rules : law of nature and raison d'état -- Judicature : the nadir of international arbitration -- Law enforcement : cabinat [sic] wars and contractual neutrality -- The laws of territorial settlement : symbolic and effective occupation -- Law and dominion of the sea : neutral rights in wartime as "liberté des mers" -- The French Revolution : postulates and ideological programmes relating to the law of nations -- "INTERNATIONAL LAW" : THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER OF THE BRITISH AGE 1815-1919: British predominance in the state system -- The foundations of the international legal community : the idea of civilisation and a universal international law in a global state system -- The subjects of international law : the breakthrough of the concept of the nation-state -- Admission to the family of nations : the independence of the Latin American republics and the classical doctrine of recognition -- Law-making : the consent of states as a source of international law -- Adjucation : the rebirth of arbitration -- Law enforcement : the completion of the classical law of war and neutrality -- The law of territorial settlement : acquistion of territory by effective occupation -- Law and dominion of the sea : freedom of the seas under British maritime dominion |
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INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS : THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER OF THE INTER-WAR PERIOD 1919-1944: The transition period of the Anglo-American condominium -- The foundations of the international legal community : a global community dominated by the West -- The subjects of international law : the modern state in the age of mass democracy -- Admission to the international legal community : the Stimson Doctrine of non-recognition -- The formation of legal rules : the turn away from positivism : a frenzy of law-making -- The administration of justice : compulsory arbitration and the Permanent Court of International Justice -- Law enforcement : the outlawry of war, and sanctions -- The laws of territorial settlement : contiguity and sectoral demarcation -- Law and dominion of the sea : the decline of neutral rights -- UNITED NATIONS : INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE AGE OF AMERICAN-SOVIET RIVALRY AND THE RISE OF THE THIRD WORLD 1945-1989: The bipolar world system dominated by two super-powers -- The foundations of the international legal community : a universal community without common values -- The subjects of international law : a heterogeneous world of states -- Admission to the international legal community : "peaceloving" as a criterion for membership of the United Nations -- The formation of legal rules : the role of the United Nations in the creation of law -- Adjudication : preeminence of political rather than judicial settlement of disputes -- Law enforcement : ius contra bellum and the use of force in practice -- Legal forms of territorial settlement : the distribution of the last unoccupied regions of the Earth : air and space law -- Law and dominion of the sea : the "common heritage of mankind" -- Conclusion -- EPILOGUE: An international community with a single superpower |
| Summary |
Wilhelm G. Grewe's "Epochen der Völkerrechtsgeschichte", published in 1984, is widely regarded as one of the classic twentieth century works of international law. This revised translation by Michael Byers of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, makes this important book available to non-German readers for the first time. "The Epocs of International Law" provides a theoretical overview and detailed analysis of the history of international law from the Middle Ages, to the Age of Discovery and the Thirty Years War, from Napoleon Bonaparte to the Treaty of Versailles, the Cold War and the Age of the Single Superpower, and does so in a way that reflects Grewe's own experience as one of Germany's leading diplomats and professors of international law. A new chapter, written by Wilhelm G. Grewe and Michael Byers, updates the book to October 1998, making the revised translation of interest to German international layers, international relations scholars and historians as well. Wilhelm G. Grewe was one of Germany's leading diplomats, serving as West German ambassador to Washington, Tokyo and NATO, and was a member of the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Subsequently professor of International Law at the University of Freiburg, he remains one of Germany's most famous academic lawyers. Wilhelm G. Grewe died in January 2000. Professor Dr. Michael Byers, Duke University, School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, formerly a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and a visiting Fellow of the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 727-760) and indexes |
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Print version record |
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International law -- History.
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LAW -- International.
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Droit international public.
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Histoire.
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International law
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Völkerrecht
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Geschichte
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Volkenrecht.
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Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Byers, Michael, 1966-
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| ISBN |
9783110902907 |
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3110902907 |
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