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This updated and revised second edition provides a comprehensive
scholarly framework for analyzing the theory and history of
international law. Featuring an array of legal and
interdisciplinary analyses, it focuses on those theories and
developments that illuminate the central and timeless basic
concepts and categories of the international legal system,
highlighting the interdependency of various aspects of theory and
history and demonstrating the connections between theory and
practice. With contributions from renowned experts, this Research
Handbook explores the essence and development of international
legal theory, taking account of the key shifts and advances since
the era of classical legal scholarship. Contributors examine
several major areas of international law in depth, before
transferring their focus to the history of international law from
the medieval period up to the present day. Coverage has been
expanded to include analysis of the origins of and Eurocentric
narratives surrounding the present system, and to discuss
significant developments of the 21st century. Scholars and students
of international law and politics looking for an in-depth
understanding of the current international legal system and its
history will find this Research Handbook to be crucial reading. Its
theoretical approach will also be of interest to legal theorists,
as well as researchers in ethics and philosophy.
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