This collection of essays gathers contributions from leading international lawyers from different countries, generations and angles with the aim of highlighting the multifaceted history of international law. This volume questions and analyses the origins and foundations of the international legal system. A particular attention is devoted to Hugo Grotius as one of the founding fathers of the law of nations. Several contributions further question the positivist tradition initiated by Vattel and endorsed by scholars of the 19th Century. This immersion in the intellectual origins of international law is enriched by an inquiry into the practice of the law of nations, including its main patterns and changing evolution as well as the role of non-western traditions and the impact of colonization.
Jus gentium medium est intra jus naturale et jus civile : la « double face » du Droit des Gens dans la scolastique espagnole du 16ème siècle
Franco Todescan
Alberico Gentili and the Hanse: The Early Reception of De iure belli (1598)
Alain Wijffels
Political Theory and Jurisprudence in Gentiliâs De iure belli: The Great Debate between âTheologicalâ and âHumanistâ Perspectives from Vitoria to Grotius
Diego Panizza
II. THE POSITIVIST TRADITION IN THE HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW / LA TRADITION POSITIVISTE DANS LâHISTOIRE DU DROIT INTERNATIONAL
Vattel and the American Dream: An Inquiry into the Reception of the Law of Nations in the United States
Vincent Chetail
Jurisprudential Polyphony: The Three Variations on the Positivist Theme in the 19th Century
Stephen C. Neff
Lâinfluence du positivisme sur la doctrine volontariste et objectiviste en droit international : plus quâun facteur de rapprochement ?
Eric Wyler
IV. NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS AND THE BURDEN OF COLONISATION / LES TRADITIONS NON-OCCIDENTALES ET LE POIDS DE LA COLONISATION
Multi-Civilizational International Law in the Multi-Centric 21st Century World: Transformation of West-Centric to Global International Law as Seen from a Trans-Civilizational Perspective
Onuma Yasuaki