The Enemy of All: Piracy and the Law of Nations

by Daniel Heller-Roazen

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The philosophical genealogy of a remarkable antagonist: the pirate, the key to the contemporary paradigm of the universal foe.

The pirate is the original enemy of humankind. As Cicero famously remarked, there are certain enemies with whom one may negotiate and with whom, circumstances permitting, one may establish a truce. But there is also an enemy with whom treaties are in vain and war remains incessant. This is the pirate, considered...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1890951943

ISBN13:9781890951948

Release Date:August 2009

Publisher:Zone Books

Length:274 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

History Humanities Law Legal History Philosophy Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Specific Topics Terrorism Textbooks World

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