The gentle civilizer of nations : the rise and fall of international law, 1870-1960 / / Martti Koskenniemi [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910449890703321
• Autore: Koskenniemi Martti
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• ISBN: 1-107-11498-5; 1-280-41888-5; 0-511-17527-2; 0-511-04000-8; 0-511-15553-0; 0-511-32530-4; 0-511-49422-X; 0-511-05056-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 569 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Hersch Lauterpacht memorial lectures ; ; 14
• Disciplina: 341/.09
• Soggetti: International law - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 518-558) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The legal conscience of the civilized world Ž; 2 Sovereignty: a gift of civilization ... international lawyers and imperialism, 1870...1914; 3 International law as philosophy: Germany 1871...1933; 4 International law as sociology: French solidarismŽ 1871...1950; 5 Lauterpacht: the Victorian tradition in international law; 6 Out of Europe: Carl Schmitt, Hans Morgenthau, and the turn to international relationsŽ; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: International law was born from the impulse to 'civilize' late nineteenth-century attitudes towards race and society, argues Martti Koskenniemi in this extensive study of the rise and fall of modern international law. In a work of wide-ranging intellectual scope, now available for the first time in paperback, Koskenniemi traces the emergence of a liberal sensibility relating to international matters in the late nineteenth century, and its subsequent decline after the Second World War. He combines legal analysis, historical and political critique ; and semi-biographical studies of key figures (including Hans Kelsen, Hersch Lauterpacht, Carl Schmitt and Hans Morgenthau); he also considers the role of crucial institutions (the Institut de droit international, the League of Nations). His discussion of legal and political realism at American law schools ends in a critique of post-1960 'instrumentalism'. This book provides a unique reflection on the possibility of critical international law today.