List of contributors; Table of cases; The character of customary law: an
introduction Amanda Perreau-Saussine and James Bernard Murphy; Part I.
Custom and Morality: Natural Law, Customary Law, And Ius Gentium: 1.
Pitfalls in the interpretation of customary law Frederick Schauer; 2. The
moral role of conventions Ross Harrison; 3. Habit and convention at the
foundation of custom James Bernard Murphy; 4. Custom, ordinance and natural
right in Gratian's 'Decretum' Jean Porter; 5. Vitoria and Suarez on Ius
Gentium, natural law, and custom Brian Tierney; 6. Custom and positivity:
an examination of the philosophic ground of the Hegel-Savigny controversy
Christoph Kletzer; Part II. Custom and Law: Custom, Common Law, and
Customary International Law: 7. Custom in medieval law David Ibbetson; 8.
Siege warfare in the early modern age: a study on the customary laws of war
Randall Lesaffer; 9. The idea of common law as custom Alan Cromartie; 10.
Three ways of writing a treatise on public international law: textbooks and
the nature of customary international law Amanda Perreau-Saussine; 11.
Custom, common law reasoning and the law of nations in the nineteenth
century Michael Lobban; 12. Custom in international law: a normative
practice account Gerald J. Postema; 13. Customary international law and the
quest for global justice John Tasioulas; Index of names.
