Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law (Research Handbooks in International Law series)

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. Being the first comprehensive analysis of theory and history of international law, this unique book will be of great benefit to academics and students of international politics, ethics and philosophy. Pt. I. The essence and development of international legal theory The relevance theory and history : the essence and origins of international law / Alexander Orakhelashvili Early-modern scholarship on international law / Alain Wiffels Natural law and the law of nations / Patrick Capps The origins of consensual positivism : Pufendorf, Wolff and Vattel / Alexander Orakhelashvili The transformation of international law in the 19th century / Amnon Lev Hans Kelsen's place in international legal theory / Jörg Kammerhofer 'The holiness of the heart;s affection' : Philip Allott's theory of social idealism Pt. II. Thematic aspects of international legal theory International human rights law theory / Frédéric Mégret The philosophy of international criminal law / Robert Cryer International law and EU law : between asymmetric constitutionalisation and fragmentation / Katja S. Ziegler International law, international politics and ideology / Alexander Orakhelashvili Pt. III History of international law Periodization and international law / William E. Butler Acculturation through the Middle Ages : the Islamic law of nations and its place in the history of international law / Jean Allain The classical law of nations (1500-1800) / Randall Lesaffer The 19th-century life of international law / Alexander Orakhelashvili International law between universality and regional fragmentation : the historical case of Russia / Lauri Mälksoo International law in the 20th century / Carlo Focarelli. It is a good time in which to be a thinker about the remarkable present and the daunting future of the human world. The present volume will encourage more thinkers and more thought. It could not be more timely or more necessary. ' - From the Foreword by Philip Allott 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. Being the first comprehensive analysis of theory and history of international law, this unique book will be of great benefit to academics and students of international politics, ethics and philosophy. J. Allain, W.E. Butler, P. Capps, R. Cryer, C. Focarelli, J. Kammerhofer, R. Lesaffer, A. Lev, L. Mlksoo, F. Mgret, A. Orakhelashvili, I. Scobbie, A. Wijffels, K.S. Ziegler