Theory and politics of the Law of Nations : political bias in international law discourse of seven German court councilors in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / / by Tetsuya Toyoda.

• Superior document: Legal history library, v. 5
• Author: Toyoda, Tetsuya.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; v. 2.; Legal history library. Studies in the history of international law ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Emergence of the modern science of international law in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is usually attributed to Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) and other “founders of international law.” Based on the belief that “all seventeenth and eighteenth-century writers of international law had their own particular political context in mind when writing about the law of nations,” this book sheds light on some worldly aspect of the early writers of the law of nations (i.e., the former name for international law). Studied here are the writings of seven German court councilors, namely, Samuel Rachel (Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Hannover), Adam Friedrich Glafey (Saxony), Johann Adam Ickstatt (Würzburg-Bamberg), Samuel von Cocceji (Prussia), Johann Jacob Moser (Würtemberg and Hessen-Homburg) and Emer de Vattel (Saxony).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- I Introduction -- II The Pufendorfian Doctrine as the Standard -- III Holsteiner Court Councilor Samuel Rachel’s Criticism of Samuel Pufendorf -- IV Hannoverian Court Councilor Gottfried Leibniz and His Concept of International Legal Person -- V Saxon Court Councilor Glafey Pleading for Rules of Conduct in War -- VI Catholic Doctrine of the Law of Nations by Johann Adam Ickstatt -- VII Prussian Court Councilor Samuel Cocceji’s Denial of the Voluntary Law of Nations -- VIII Johann Jacob Moser as Defender of Rights of German States -- IX Vattel’s Doctrine of National Sovereignty in the Context of Saxony-Poland and Neuchâtel -- X Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.