Title: A concise history of the law of nations.
Authors: Nussbaum, Arthur, 1877-1964.
Publisher: Macmillan Co.,
Year: 1947
Subjects: International law History.
Contents: Antiquity : Primitives--ancient orient ; Ancient Greece ; Ancient Rome -- The Middle Ages : Universal Christian law--Islam ; Seeds of international law ; Medieval Italy--consuls and permanent embassies ; Theological doctrines ; Legal doctrines. Projects for perpetual peace -- The sixteenth century : Political and doctrinal developments ; Francisco Vitoria ; Francisco Suárez ; Military writers: Pierino Belli and Balthasar Ayala ; Alberico Gentili -- The seventeenth century : Political developments ; Doctrinal developments ; Hugo Grotius: life ; Hugo Grotius; works ; Critics of jus gentium: Thomas Hobbes and Samuel Pufendorf ; The early positivists: Richard Zouche and Samuel Rachel -- The eighteenth century : Political developments ; Doctrinal and literary developments ; Cornelis Bynkershoek ; Christian Wolff ; Emmerich de Vattel ; Johann Jacob Moser ; Georg Friederich von Martens -- The nineteenth century : Political developments ; Growth of written law--the new era ; Significant types of nonpolitical treaties ; International disputes ; Humanization of warfare--pacifism ; Significant doctrines ; Treatises--organization of learning -- The twentieth century, 1900-1939 : 1900-1919: Political developments ; 1920-39: (I) the peace treaties and their sequels ; 1920-39 (II): developments unconnected with the peace treaties ; 1920-39 (III): judicial organizations ; Doctrinal and literary developments in general ; Fresh inquiries into fundamentals ; Soviet practice and doctrine -- Appendix: survey of the historiography of international law.