The law of nations in political thought : a critical survey from Vitoria to Hegel / / Charles Covell

• Autore: Covell Charles <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2009.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Disciplina: 341
• Soggetto topico: International law - Political aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Aquinas -- Natural law, the just war and the law of nations -- Modern international law and international relations theory -- Vitoria, Suarez, Gentili, and Grotius -- Vitoria -- Suarez -- Gentili -- Grotius -- Hobbes and Pufendorf -- Hobbes -- Pufendorf -- Hobbes and Pufendorf : natural law and international law -- Wolff and Vattel -- Wolff -- Vattel -- Wolff and Vattel and the substantive law of nations -- Locke, Hume, and Bentham -- Locke -- Hume -- Bentham -- Rousseau, Kant, and Hegel -- Rousseau -- Kant : law, state, and government -- Kant : peace and the international legal order -- Hegel.
• Sommario/riassunto: Charles Covell examines the law of nations encountered in the work of major political thinkers from Vitoria to Hegel. He explains how these thinkers contributed to the current theories of natural law and just war and how they played a key role in the elaboration of the principles which are central to the modern system of the law of nations.
• Titolo autorizzato: The law of nations in political thought
• ISBN: 9780230244450; 1-282-55664-9; 9786612556647; 0-230-24445-9; 1-349-51927-8; 1-4039-3823-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910511405903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II