War and the Law of Nations: A General History

by Stephen C. Neff

• ISBN13: 9780521729628
• ISBN10: 0521729629
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This ambitious volume is a history of war, from the standpoint of international law, from the beginning of history to the present day. Its primary focus is on legal conceptions of war as such, rather than on the substantive or technical aspects of the law of war. It tells the story, in narrative form, of the interplay, through the centuries, between, on the one hand, legal ideas about war and, on the other hand, state practice in warfare. Its coverage includes reprisals, civil wars, UN enforcement and the war on terrorism. This book will interest historians, students of international relations and international lawyers.

Table of Contents

Table of cases

Table of treaties

Abbreviations

Introduction

War as Law Enforcement (to 1600)

Ares and Athena

Loving enemies and hating sin

New Forces Stirring (1600-1815)

War in due form

Dissension in the ranks

War as State Policy (1815-1919)

Collisions of naked interest

Tame and half-hearted war: intervention, reprisal and necessity

Civil strife

Just Wars Reborn (1919- )

Regulating war

A farewell to war?

New fields of battle

Conclusion

Bibliography

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