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A Normative Approach to War

By Onamu

A Normative Approach to War

By Onamu

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Hugo Grotius the great Dutch international lawyer and theorist, is often portrayed as a man who, in his most famous work De June Belli ac Pacis, indulged a passion for the abstract by constructing a theoretical model of international law and international society divorced from reality. In this pioneering book, the work of a team of distinguished Japanese academics, a very different interpretation is proposed and defended. Grotius had in mind not a bookish theory, but above all a practically oriented treatise which aimed at regulating and restraining war. By scrutinizing the text and its key concepts, the authors demonstrate that this was in fact the case and that Grotius was largely successful in his aims. In this powerful and illuminating set of essays the authors also take the opportunity afforded by their study of Grotius to reflect upon the Eurocentric bias of the historiography of international law, tacitly shared even by contemporary academics.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
440
Release Date:
1993-08-26
Publication Date:
2001-08-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198257090
ISBN13:
9780198257097
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
748 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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