The rights of war and peace
Subtitle: political thought and the international order from Grotius to Kant
By: Richard Tuck.
Publisher: New York; Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: International law -- History -- 17th century.; International law -- History -- 18th century.
Description: "The Rights of War and Peace is the first fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It sets the scene with an extensive history of the theory of international relations from antiquity down to the seventeenth century. Professor Tuck then examines the arguments over the moral basis for war and international aggression, and links the debates to the writings of the great political theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.