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War, the State and International Law in Seventeenth-Century Europe (Hardcover, New Ed)
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War, the State and International Law in Seventeenth-Century Europe (Hardcover, New Ed)
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One of the great paradoxes of post-medieval Europe, is why instead
of bringing peace to a disorganised and violent world, modernity
instead produced a seemingly endless string of conflicts and social
upheavals. Why was it that the foundation and institutionalisation
of secured peace and the rule of law seemed to go hand-in-hand with
the proliferation of war and the violation of individual and
collective rights? In order to try to better understand such
profound questions, this volume explores the history and theories
of political thought of international relations in the seventeenth
century, a period in which many of the defining features and
boundaries of modern Europe where fixed and codified. With the
discovery of the New World, and the fundamental impact of the
Reformation, the complexity of international relations increased
considerably. Reactions to these upheavals resulted in a range of
responses intended to address the contradictions and conflicts of
the anarchical society of states. Alongside the emergence of
"modern" international law, the equation of international relations
with the state of nature, and the development of the "balance of
power", diplomatic procedures and commercial customs arose which
shaped the emerging (and current) international system of states.
Employing a multidisciplinary approach to address these issues,
this volume brings together political scientists, philosophers,
historians of political thought, jurists and scholars of
international relations. What emerges is a certain tension between
the different strands of research which allows for a fruitful new
synthesis. In this respect the assembled essays in this volume
offer a sophisticated and fresh account of the interactions of law,
conflict and the nation state in an early-modern European context.
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