Gebundenes Buch

The Roman Foundations of the Law of Nations

Alberico Gentili and the Justice of Empire

Herausgeber: Kingsbury, Benedict; Straumann, Benjamin

Beschreibung

This book explores ways in which both the theory and the practice of international politics was built upon Roman private and public law foundations on a variety of issues including the organization and limitation of war, peace settlements, embassies, commerce, and shipping.

Autor

Benedict Kingsbury is Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University School of Law. He also directs NYU Law School's Program in the History and Theory of International Law, with Martti Koskenniemi. He is the editor, with Benjamin Straumann, of Alberico Gentili, The Wars of the Romans. De armis Romanis, trans. David Lupher (OUP, 2010), and, with Hedley Bull, Adam Roberts et al, of Hugo Grotius and International Relations (OUP, 1990). Benjamin Straumann is Alberico Gentili Fellow at New York University. He is the author of Hugo Grotius und die Antike. Römisches Recht und römische Ethik im frühneuzeitlichen Naturrecht (2007), and the editor, with Benedict Kingsbury, of Alberico Gentili, The Wars of the Romans. De armis Romanis, trans. David Lupher (2010).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9780199599875
• ISBN-10: 0199599874
• Artikelnr.: 32308044