Three moments in the history of the ius gentium (1500-1700) : : an essay on the evolution of the right of peoples / / by Jose Fernández-Santamaría.

"At the foundation of international law lies the notion of ius gentium or right of peoples, an idea that fully came into its own with the discovery of America and the effort to resolve the moral issues posed by the Spanish presence. Once Vitoria broadened the Augustinian concept of an internati...

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Superior document:Legal history library ; Volume 56
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Legal history library ; Volume 56.
Legal history library. Studies in the history of international law ; Volume 21.
Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The background : the fathers
  • The American question
  • Soto : subjective natural right
  • The philosophy of order : Suárez
  • The making of a ius belli : Grotius
  • The early jurists
  • The making of an international authority : Rachel
  • Natural right, reign without rule : Textor
  • The philosophy of chaos : Hobbes.