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Vattel and the Emergence of Classic International Law

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Vattel and the Emergence of Classic International Law

Contributors:

By (Author) Emmanuelle Jouannet
Translated by Gina Bellande
Translated by Robert Howse

ISBN:

9781841136912

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Hart Publishing

Publication Date:

4th April 2019

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

341.09

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

344

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 27mm

Description

In this authoritative work, Emmanuelle Jouannet, a leading French scholar of public international law and legal theory takes a fresh look at the emergence of classical international law and provides an original and decisive reinterpretation. According to the modern and conventional account, Grotius, and his predecessors the Spanish jurists, are credited as the 'fathers' of the modern ius gentium. But this picture of history is now both inaccurate and incomplete. With rare erudition based on an exhaustive analysis of the foundational concepts and principal texts of the great jurists of the period, Jouannet shows that it was only during the 18th century Enlightenment that a genuine doctrine of international law emerged. In particular Jouannet focuses on the work of a Swiss jurist Emerich de Vattel (1714-1767), for long a forgotten figure, showing how his ideas engendered fresh understanding of what international law meant, and stimulated the fundamental debates that international lawyers are still engaged in today. The translation has been prepared under the supervision of Robert Howse, professor of international law at NYU Law School, and the author herself.

Author Bio

Emmanuelle Jouannet is a Professor of Law at the University of Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne.

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