The power of language in the making of international law : : the word sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the myth of Westphalia / / Stephane Beaulac.
The purpose of this book is to enter into the history of the mental-social phenomena that are the word sovereignty and the myth of Westphalia. Given the circularity of language, the project proposes to examine the reality-creating role of language, as an organic instrument of social power within hum...
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| Superior document: | Developments in international law ; v. 46 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Developments in international law ;
v. 46. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Forwords by Prof. Philip Allott, Acknowledgements, Introduction
- Part I : Groundwork: Words, Myths, Power
- Chapter 1 The Function of Words, Meaning is Meaningless, Creating and Transforming Language, Language in time, Words as representative signs in society, Words as organic instruments, Words as social power, Summary
- Chapter 2 The Logic of Mythology, Origin Myths, Myths and Mythical Reality, Myths as Social Power, Summary, Groundwork Epilogue
- Part II : Language An "Inward-outward" Approach
- Chapter 3 Deconstructing Deconstruction, Deconstructionist Analysis, Deconstructionist Strategy, Summary
- Chapter 4 The Hermeneutics of Hermeneutics, The Traditional Hermeneutics, The First Critique of Hermeneutics, The Modern Hermeneutics, The Second Critique of Hermeneutics, Summary
- Part III : The Social Power of the Myth of Westphalia
- Chapter 5 The "Westphalian State"System, Heteronomous Organisation and Transcendental Institutions, Dynamics and War of Religion and Politics, The Peace Treaties, Religious issues, Territorial settlement, Treaty-making power, Recapitulation, Westphalia's Aftermath, Summary
- Part IV : The Social Power of the Word Sovereignty
- Chapter 6 Bodin's Sovereignty : Power-Centraliser, Immediate Personal Context, Les six Livres de la Republique, Perpetual and absolute power, The power to make law, General assemblies and magistrates, Recapitulation, Extended Historical Context, Summary
- Chapter 7 Vattel's Sovereignty : Authority-Externaliser, Immediate Personal Context, The Discourse in Le Droit des Gens, Incorporation of power, Vattel's predecessors on moral personality of state, Vattel on moral personality of state, Independence of power, Non-intervention, Vattel's law of nations, Recapitulation, Extended Historical Context, Summary, Conclusion.