Power, law and the end of privateering / Jan Martin Lemnitzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemnitzer, Jan Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Declaration of Paris (1856 April 16).

Declaration of Paris.

Privateering--History--19th century.

Privateering.

International law--History--19th century.

International law.

Crimean War, 1853-1856--Diplomatic history.

Crimean War, 1853-1856.

Diplomatic history.

Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Diplomatic history.

Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--1861-1865.

United States.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xii, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

This book offers an exciting new take on the relationship between law and power, exposing the delicate balance between great powers and small states that is necessary to create and enforce norms across the globe. The 1856 Declaration of Paris marks the precise moment when international law became universal, and it is the template for creating new norms until today. Moreover, the treaty was an aggressive and successful British move to end privateering forever-then the United States' main weapon in case of war with Britain. Based on previously untapped archival sources. Jan Lemnitzer shows why Britain granted generous neutral rights in the Crimean War, how the Europeans forced the United States to respect international law during the American Civil War and why Bismarck threatened violent redemption during the Franco-German War of 1870/71. The powerful conclusion exposes the 19th-century roots of our present international system, and why it is as fragile as before the First World War. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : power, law and the Declaration of Paris

"More serious than the Eastern question itself" : the Crimean War compromise

The Crimean war and maritime law

"Catching Brother Jonathan in the trap which he laid for us" : the genesis of the Declaration of Paris

"That moral league of nations against the United States" : the Declaration of Paris and the Marcy Amendment

"The United States have a vote in framing the maritime law of this age" : the Cass memorandum and Bremen's campaign for the Marcy Amendment

The Declaration of Paris and the American Civil War

"Announcing our withdrawal from the Declaration" : the Declaration of Paris and the Franco-German War of 1870

Conclusion : the rise and fall of the Declaration of Paris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-244) and index.

ISBN:

0230301851

9780230301856

OCLC:

875632467