L'eterno ritorno del Droit des gens di Emer de Vattel (secc. XVIII-XIX) L'impatto sulla cultura giuridica in prospettiva globale / Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fiocchi Malaspina, Elisabetta, author.

Contributor:

duv, Editor.

Vogenauer, Stefan, Editor.

duv

Vogenauer, Stefan

Series:

Global perspectives on legal history ; 2196-9752 v. 8.

Global Perspectives on Legal History, 2196-9752 ; volume 8

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Vattel, Emer de, 1714-1767. Droit des gens--Influence.

Political science--Philosophy--History.

Political science.

International law--History.

International law.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main Max Planck Institute for European Legal History 2017

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

"The numerous editions and early translations produced throughout the eighteenth century enabled the broad dissemination of Emer de Vattel’s juridical-political work Droit des gens. This book investigates the global impact of the Droit des gens with regard to the different political realities, the historical and legal contexts as well as the attempts, mechanisms and strategies used to put these ideas into practice and establish new doctrine between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Droit des gens had an extremely diverse impact, owing to its varied reception in different political situations, historical and legal contexts, and attempts at practical and theoretical implementation. The fact that Vattel’s book was a point of reference for a considerable number of jurists and politicians further demonstrates its authority in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The question naturally arises whether the continuous references to the work may be regarded as «typical citations of style», simply confined to referencing Vattel’s thought, or whether they are a clear sign of a deeper significance; one springing directly from the characteristics of the Droit des gens, with its capacity to organise and regulate the State in its domestic and international relations. The dissemination of the Droit des gens is reconstructed via a broad overview of the dynamics that actually underpinned the use of the treatise, ranging from its influence on political power in domestic and foreign affairs to its use as a guidebook for diplomats and consuls, and even its use as a teaching manual. Co-existing in Vattel’s work are several topics—the legislative, the political and the social—which are developed independently of one another, yet are part of one unified framework. The book aims to bring together a study of the first publication in 1758 of Vattel’s Droit des gens, its constant interaction with subsequent editions, translations and annotated versions carried out by jurists in the 19th century and its critical reception (both positive and negative) in relation to the more complex legislative contexts. The publishing history of the Droit des gens will be accompanied by the methodological aspect—closely bound to the need to write a global legal history—in which translation, in the broader sense of the term, plays a key role. Concepts of fashion and modernity are examined within the context of the practical and theoretical legal entanglements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, thanks to the voices of distinguished jurists and politicians who made use of the Droit des gens and who translated and annotated it, thereby encouraging the assimilation—not always unadulterated—of Vattel’s thinking."

Contents:

Divulgare e ricreare un nuovo diritto delle genti

La "governabilità" dello Stato e delle relazioni internazionali

Il ritorno del Droit des gens tra la fine del Settecento e l'Ottocento

Commentare e annotare il Droit des gens nel XIX secolo : esperienze giuridiche a confronto

Epilogo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-347).

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783944773179

3944773179

OCLC:

987458650

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access