David ROY
Justice among Nations tells the story
of the rise of international law and how it has been formulated, debated,
contested, and put into practice from ancient times to the present. Stephen
Neff avoids technical jargon as he surveys doctrines from natural law to
feminism, and practices from the Warring States of China to the international
criminal courts of today.
New challenges in the nineteenth century encompassed
the advance of nationalism, the rise of free trade and European imperialism,
the formation of international organizations, and the arbitration of disputes.
Innovative doctrines included liberalism, the nationality school, and
solidarism. The twentieth century witnessed the formation of the League of
Nations and a World Court, but also the rise of socialist and fascist states
and the advent of the Cold War. Yet the collapse of the Soviet Union brought little
respite. As Neff makes clear, further threats to the rule of law today come
from environmental pressures, genocide, and terrorism.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Law and Morality Abroad (to ca. AD 1550)
1. Doing Justice to Others
2. Keeping Kings in Check
3. New Worlds and Their Challenges
II. Reason and Its Rivals (ca. 1550–1815)
4. Putting Nature and Nations Asunder
5. Of Spiders and Bees
III. A Positive Century (1815–1914)
6. Breaking with the Past
7. Dissident Voices
8. In Full Flower
IV. Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1914–)
9. Dreams Born and Shattered
10. Building Anew
11. Shadows across the Path
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
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