Justice among nations : a history of international law

Stephen Neff tells the story of how international law has been formulated, debated, contested, and put into practice from ancient times to the present. He avoids technical jargon in this survey of doctrines from natural law to feminism, and of practice from the Warring States of China to international criminal courts today.

• Acknowledgments p. ix
• Introduction p. 1
• I Law and Morality Abroad (to ca. AD 1550) p. 5
• 1 Doing Justice to Others p. 9
• 2 Keeping Kings in Check p. 50
• 3 New Worlds and Their Challenges p. 92
• II Reason and Its Rivals (ca. 1550-1815) p. 137
• 4 Putting Nature and Nations Asunder p. 143
• 5 Of Spiders and Bees p. 179
• III A Positive Century (1815-1914) p. 215
• 6 Breaking with the Past p. 221
• 7 Dissident Voices p. 260
• 8 In Full Flower p. 298
• IV Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1914-) p. 341
• 9 Dreams Born and Shattered p. 345
• 10 Building Anew p. 395
• 11 Shadows across the Path p. 439
• Conclusion p. 481
• Notes p. 485
• Bibliographic Essay p. 561
• Index p. 603