Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law

"This updated and revised second edition provides a comprehensive scholarly framework for analyzing the theory and history of international law. Featuring an array of legal and interdisciplinary analyses, it focuses on those theories and developments that illuminate the central and timeless basic concepts and categories of the international legal system, highlighting the interdependency of various aspects of theory and history and demonstrating the connections between theory and practice. With contributions from renowned experts, this Research Handbook explores the essence and development of international legal theory, taking account of the key shifts and advances since the era of classical legal scholarship. Contributors examine several major areas of international law in depth, before transferring their focus to the history of international law from the medieval period up to the present day. Coverage has been expanded to include analysis of the origins of and Eurocentric narratives surrounding the present system, and to discuss significant developments of the 21st century. Scholars and students of international law and politics looking for an in-depth understanding of the current international legal system and its history will find this Research Handbook to be crucial reading. Its theoretical approach will also be of interest to legal theorists, as well as researchers in ethics and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Copyright 2 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Contents 3 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Contributors 5 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Foreword to the First Edition 6 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Editors Preface to the Second Edition 8 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] The relevance of theory and history_ the essence and origins of international law 9 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Early-modern scholarship on international law 26 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Natural law and the law of nations 65 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] The origins of consensual positivism_ Pufendorf, Wolff and Vattel 97 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] The transformation of international law in the nineteenth century 115 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Hans Kelsens place in international legal theory 146 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] International human rights law theory 170 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] The philosophy of international criminal law 206 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] International law, international politics and ideology 246 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Periodization and international law 286 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Origins, record and narratives_ uses and abuses of international legal history 301 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Acculturation through the Middle Ages_ the Islamic law of nations and its place in the history of international law 317 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] The classical law of nations 331 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] The nineteenth-century life of international law 364 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] International law between universality and regional fragmentation_ the historical case of Russia 378 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] International law in the twentieth century 399 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] International law in the early twenty-first century 449 [9781788116701 - Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law] Index 479 This updated and revised second edition provides a comprehensive scholarly framework for analyzing the theory and history of international law. Featuring an array of legal and interdisciplinary analyses, it focuses on those theories and developments that illuminate the central and timeless basic concepts and categories of the international legal system, highlighting the interdependency of various aspects of theory and history and demonstrating the connections between theory and practice. Scholars and students of international law and politics looking for an in-depth understanding of the current international legal system and its history will find this __Research Handbook__ to be crucial reading. Its theoretical approach will also be of interest to legal theorists, as well as researchers in ethics and philosophy. This pioneering Research Handbook, with contributions from renowned experts, provides a comprehensive scholarly framework for analyzing the theory and history of international law. Given the multiplication of theoretical approaches over the last three decades, and attendant fragmentation of scholarly efforts, this edited collection presents a useful doctrinal platform that will help academics and students to see the theory and history of international law in its entirety, and to understand how interdependent various aspects of the theory and history of international law really are. "This updated and revised second edition, with contributions from renowned experts, provides a comprehensive scholarly framework for analyzing the theory and history of international law. Featuring an array of legal and interdisciplinary analyses, it focuses on those theories and developments that illuminate the central and timeless basic concepts and categories of the international legal system, highlighting the interdependency of various aspects of theory and history and demonstrating the connections between theory and practice."