The rights of war and peace : political thought and the international order from Grotius to Kant / Richard Tuck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuck, Richard, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law--History--17th century.

International law.

International law--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Political thought and the international order from Grotius to Kant

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Rights of War and Peace is a fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. Professor Tuck examines the arguments over the moral basis for war, and links the debates to the writings of Hobbes et al.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: HUMANISM; ALBERICO GENTILI; PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES; THE RELATIVISM OF PATRIOTISM; THE NATURAL SOCIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE; THE OCCUPATION OF VACANT LAND; CHAPTER 2: SCHOLASTICISM; ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY; AUGUSTINE; DOMINIUM MUNDI; THE LAW OF THE SEA; NATURAL SLAVERY; THOMISM; CHAPTER 3: HUGO GROTIUS; INTRODUCTION; DE lNDIS: THE FOUNDATIONS; DE lNDIS: PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; DE LURE BELLI AC PACRS: SOCIABILITY; DE lURE BELLI AC PACJS: NATIVE PEOPLES; CHAPTER 4: THOMAS HOBBES; ELIZABETHAN IDEAS ON COLONIZATION

JOHN SELDENTHE OCCUPATION OF THE WILDERNESS; HOBBES: INTRODUCTION; HOBBES: FEAR AS THE BASIS FOR WAR; HOBBES: MINIMAL SOCIABILITY; HOBBES: THE STATE OF NATURE; CHAPTER 5: SAMUEL PUFENDORF; GERMAN CRITICS OF GROTIUS; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF HOBBES; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF GROTIUS I; Sociability; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF GROTIUS II; Property; PUFENDORF AS CRITIC OF GROTIUS III; International Punishment; CHAPTER 6: FROM LOCKE TO VATTEL; LOCKE AS A CRITIC OF PUFENDORF; COMMENTATORS ON PUFENDORF; MoNTESQUIEU; WOLFF; VATTEL; CHAPTER 7: ROUSSEAU AND KANT; THE HOBBESIANISM OF ROUSSEAU I; Sociability

THE HOBBESIANISM OF ROUSSEAU IIThe State; THE HOBBESIANISM OF ROUSSEAU III; The State of War; THE HOBBESIANISM OF KANT I; The State of Nature; THE HOBBESIANISM OF KANT II; The Right of Nation; THE HOBBESIANISM OF KANT III; Cosmopolitanism; CONCLUSION; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780191037429

0191037427

9780191542879

0191542873

9780198207535

0198207530

9781280445439

1280445432

OCLC:

925415287

Publisher Number:

2027/heb32218 hdl