A Normative Approach to War: Peace, War, and Justice in Hugo Grotius

ISBN-13: 9780198257097 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 448 str.

Yasuaki Onuma;Onamu

Opis

This work presents a scholarly commentary and critique of Hugo Grotius' De Jure Belli ac Pacis. It shows that, far from being a bookish theoretician indulging in the construction of an abstract system, Grotius ultimately aimed to create a practically oriented treatise focusing on "regulating and restraining war." It also re-examines the historiography of international law with its anachronistic Eurocentric bias.

Recenzje

`Careful editorial work has ensured a smooth dovetailing of the contributions so that the book is more than simply the sum of its parts ... The style is clear, concise and sometimes elegant.' Cambridge Law Journal