Laws of War in International Thought

This book investigates the intellectual history of the laws of war. It reconstructs the distinctive ways of thinking about the legal regulation of war in history, contrasts these to more familiar just war and realist approaches, and shows how closely connected they have been to the process of spelling out the nature, function, and powers of state sovereignty.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Political Theology, Ius Gentium, and Just War in Spanish Scholasticism


• 2: Hugo Grotius on Solemn War and the Difference Sovereignty Makes


• 3: Regular War and Resort to Force in the Enlightenment


• 4: Enlightenment Ideals of Limited Warfare


• 5: Humanizing War in the 19th Century

About the author

Pablo Kalmanovitz is research professor at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City.

Summary

This book investigates the intellectual history of the laws of war. It reconstructs the distinctive ways of thinking about the legal regulation of war in history, contrasts these to more familiar just war and realist approaches, and shows how closely connected they have been to the process of spelling out the nature, function, and powers of state sovereignty.

Additional text

Kalmanovitz's superbly argued study covers and impressive wealth of material from Spanish scholasticism to nineteenth-century humanitarianism. There is no other study which puts the laws of war so competently at the heart of international thought. Kalmanovitz provides a fresh look on canonical authors, offering in the process new interpretations of theories of just war, solemn war, and regular war in intellectual history.

Product details

• Authors: Pablo Kalmanovitz, Pablo (Research Professor Kalmanovitz
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2020
• EAN: 9780198790259
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879025-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: The History and Theory of International Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Legal History, LAW / International, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Military and defence law and civilian service law, Military & Defence Law