War, States, and International Order - Alberico Gentili and the Foundational Myth of the Laws of War

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Oxford, 2018) issued under title: Constructing the right to war: Alberico Gentili and his receptions in international law.

List of contents

1. Context, reception, and the study of great thinkers in International Relations; Part I. Gentili's De iure Belli in its Original Context: 2. Alberico Gentili's De iure Belli: Between Bodin and the reason of state tradition; 3. Grounding an absolutist approach to the laws of war; Part II. Gentili's De iure Belli and the Myth of 'Modern War': 4. Unearthing the 'true founder' of international law; 5. Constructing the history of the 'modern' laws of war; 6. Carl Schmitt and the entrenchment of the myth.

About the author

Claire Vergerio is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Summary

Vergerio examines the legacy of Alberico Gentili's treatise on the laws of war to undermine conventional narratives about when, why, and how the legal right to wage war became restricted to sovereign states, providing new insights into the history of the laws of war and the sources of international order.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Vergerio, Claire (Universiteit Leiden) Vergerio
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781009098014
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0909801-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Social History, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, International Organisations & Institutions