The Gentle Civilizer of Nations

Klappentext International law was born from the impulse to 'civilize' late nineteenth-century attitudes towards race and society! argues Martti Koskenniemi in this study of the rise and fall of modern international law. This book combines legal analysis! historical and political critique and semi-biographical studies of key figures and institutions. Zusammenfassung International law was born from the impulse to 'civilize' late nineteenth-century attitudes towards race and society! argues Martti Koskenniemi in this study of the rise and fall of modern international law. This book combines legal analysis! historical and political critique and semi-biographical studies of key figures and institutions.

Autorentext
University of Helsinki.

Klappentext
Legal analysis, historical and political critique of the rise and fall of modern international law.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. 'The legal conscience of the civilized world'; 2. Sovereignty: a gift of civilization; 3. International law as philosophy: Germany 1871 1933; 4. International law as sociology: French 'solidarism' 1871-1950; 5. Lauterpacht: the Victorian tradition in international law; 6. Out of Europe: Carl Schmitt, Hans Morgenthau and the turn to 'international relations'; Epilogue.

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