America and the law of nations, 1776-1939
By: Mark Weston Janis.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199579341
Subjects: International and municipal law -- United States -- History; International law -- United States -- History
Table of contents: title: Blackstone and Bentham : the law of nations and international law; title: Jefferson, Madison, and Marshall : the law of nations and the new republic; title: Kent and Wheaton : the international law of christendom; title: Dodge, Worcester, Ladd, and Burritt : Christianity, courts, and world peace; title: Taney and his court : slavery, international law, and American exceptionalism; title: Lieber, Field, and Wharton : the science of international law; title: Great expectations : the Alabama arbitration and the progress of international law; title: Root, Scott, and Taft : of peace, and law and learned men; title: Woodrow Wilson : the passion of the converted; title: Holmes : international law and American federalism.