The theoretical denial of the character of law to the law of nations
Year: 2018

Chapter 1 introduces the problem of international law as law describing it as one the very existence of which has been denied over the years. Some of those who have denied the existence of international law include eminent philosophers and consummate jurists, some of whom have played major parts in the history of our times. The scale and importance of their negative attitudes international law explains why manuals, treatises and general theoretical studies of the subject have to devote a certain