The Roman Foundations of the Law of Nations: Alberico Gentili and the Justice of Empire by Benedict Kingsbury, Benjamin Straumann

The Roman Foundations of the Law of Nations: Alberico Gentili and the Justice of Empire

Benedict Kingsbury, Benjamin Straumann

406 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

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This book makes the important but surprisingly under-explored argument that modern international law was built on the foundations of Roman law and Roman imperial practice. A pivotal figure in this enterprise was the Italian Protestant Alberico Gen...

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