Justice among Nations

A History of International Law

Stephen C. Neff

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Publication Date: 02/18/2014

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Law and Morality Abroad (to ca. AD 1550)
- 1. Doing Justice to Others
- 2. Keeping Kings in Check
- 3. New Worlds and Their Challenges
II. Reason and Its Rivals (ca. 1550–1815)
- 4. Putting Nature and Nations Asunder
- 5. Of Spiders and Bees
III. A Positive Century (1815–1914)
- 6. Breaking with the Past
- 7. Dissident Voices
- 8. In Full Flower
IV. Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1914–)
- 9. Dreams Born and Shattered
- 10. Building Anew
- 11. Shadows across the Path
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index

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