The 1871 London Declaration, Rebus Sic Stantibus and A Primitivist View of the Law of Nations
1988; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 82; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2202874
ISSN2161-7953
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
ResumoInternational law is the most rarefied of social sciences. Even so, it has scarcely any sense of its intellectual history. International law is finely articulated, oblique in its analysis, and respectful of its position as an arbiter of national competition and conflict. But aside from the casual citation to an ancient arbitration or the consultation of a famous publicist for an essential principle, little credence has been given to its historical development as either a collection of doctrines or a learned study. This article offers both an intellectual history of an international law doctrine and a tour d’horizon of the nature of discourse in our discipline.
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