The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870 1960

(Part of the Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures Series)

by Martti Koskenniemi

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Koskenniemi traces the emergence of a liberal sensibility relating to international matters in the late 19th 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 Hersch Lauterpacht, Carl Schmitt and Hans Morgenthau. Finally, his discussion of legal and political realism at American law schools ends in a critique of post-1960...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521548098

ISBN13:9780521548090

Release Date:August 2004

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:584 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Air & Space Education & Reference Foreign & International Law Law Law Practice Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Reference Specialties Textbooks

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