Normative Approach to War - Peace, War, and Justice in Hugo Grotius

Zusatztext `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 Klappentext Hugo Grotius the great Dutch international lawyer and theorist, is often portrayed as a man who, in his most famous work De June Belli ac Pacis, indulged a passion for the abstract by constructing a theoretical model of international law and international society divorced from reality. In this pioneering book, the work of a team of distinguished Japanese academics, a very different interpretation is proposed and defended. Grotius had in mind not a bookish theory, but above all a practically oriented treatise which aimed at regulating and restraining war. By scrutinizing the text and its key concepts, the authors demonstrate that this was in fact the case and that Grotius was largely successful in his aims. In this powerful and illuminating set of essays the authors also take the opportunity afforded by their study of Grotius to reflect upon the Eurocentric bias of the historiography of international law, tacitly shared even by contemporary academics. Zusammenfassung This collection of papers provides a commentary on and critique of Grotius' "De jure pacs ac belli". It is the product of a joint research project on Grotius' book, carried out by the Research Group on the Fundamental Theory of International Law, headed by the editor.

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• Authors: Onamu, Onuma Yasuaki, Onuma Yasuaki
• Assisted by: Yasuaki Onuma (Editor), Onuma Yasuaki (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.1993
• EAN: 9780198257097
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825709-7
• No. of pages: 440
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, International humanitarian law, C 1600 To C 1700, Public international law: humanitarian law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources