Three Moments in the History of the Ius Gentium (1500-1700)

An Essay on the Evolution of the Right of Peoples
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50620-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 56/21, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: Legal History Library / Studies in the History of International Law

At the foundation of international law lies the notion of ius gentium or right of peoples, an idea that fully came into its own with the discovery of America and the effort to resolve the moral issues posed by the Spanish presence. Once Vitoria broadened the Augustinian concept of an international community by proposing the use of reason as the only criterion for membership in that community, it remained to formulate the laws needed to impose order on it. But before accomplishing that task, two questions must be accounted for: what is the nature of the ius gentium, and what is its relation to ius naturale? How theologians, philosophers, jurists sought the answers between 1500 and 1700 is the subject of this essay.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fernández-Santamaría, J A

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

J.A.Fernández-Santamaríais a retired professor of history with a Ph.D. (1970) from Indiana University. His latest published book is La guerra en el pensamiento político y jurídico de Occidente (1500-1700), (Madrid, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2018).