Title Theory and politics of the law of nations : political bias in international law discourse of seven German court councilors in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries / by Tetsuya Toyoda

Published Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 220 pages) Series Legal history library, 1874-1793 ; v. 5 Studies in the history of International Law ; 2 Legal history library. V. 5, Studies in the history of private law ; v. 2 Legal history library. Studies in the history of international law ; 2. Contents Ch. 1. Introduction. The 'doctrinal history' of the science of international law since Grotius ; Theorizing about the law of nations with political interests ; A methodological note -- ch. 2. The Pufendorfian doctrine as the standard. Late seventeenth-century interpretations of the Grotian concept of the voluntary law of nations ; Pufendorf's opposition to Grotius's concept of the voluntary law of nations ; Pufendorf against the law of nations regulating conduct in war ; Pufendorf against Grotius's support of the concept of punitive war -- ch. 3. Holsteiner court councilor Samuel Rachel's criticism of Samuel Pufendorf. The Duchy of Holstein and the life of Samuel Rachel ; Late seventeenth-century proponents of the voluntary law of nations ; The exercitationem juridicam and the Danish occupation ; Rachel after the exercitationem juridicam -- ch. 4. Hannoverian court councilor Gottfried Leibniz and his concept of international legal person. The Duchy of Hannover at the end of the seventeenth century ; The Peace conference of Nijmegen and de jure suprematus ; The primogeniture and the concept of res juris gentium ; Leibniz's two disciples, Wolff and Vattel, refuting his concepts -- ch. 5. Saxon court councilor Glafey Pleading for rules of conduct in war. The Duchy-Kingdom of Saxony and the life of Glafey ; The Görtz-Gyllenborg affair and Young Glafey's Disquisitio ; In defense of the concept of the voluntary law of nations ; War in the shared interest of Europe -- ch. 6. Catholic doctrine of the law of nations by Johann Adam Ickstatt. The life of Ickstatt and the political context of Würzburg-Bamberg ; The modernity of Ickstatt's Doctrine of the law of nations ; The misfortunes of the first treatise of international law -- ch. 7. Prussian court councilor Samuel Cocceji's denial of the voluntary law of nations. The Prussian Kingdom and the life of Samuel Cocceji ; Johann Peter von Ludewig's support of the concept of the voluntary law of nations ; Coccejils attack on Grotius -- ch. 8. Johann Jacob Moser as defender of rights of German States. Johann Jacob Moser's life and its political context ; Moser's Concept of the law of nations and practical methodology ; Moser's anti-Prussianism -- ch. 9. Vattel's Doctrine of national sovereignty in the context of Saxony-Poland and Neuchâtel. The principality of Neuchâtel and the life of Emer de Vattel ; The proposal of transfer of the principality to the Elector-Prince of Saxony ; Vattel's Doctrine of national sovereignty ; The fortunes of Vattel, of Neuchâtel and of Le droit des gens -- ch. 10. Conclusion Summary Emergence of the modern science of international law is usually attributed to Grotius and other somewhat heroic 'founders of international law.' This book offers a more worldly explanation why it was developed mostly by German writers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716. Glafey, Adam Friedrich, 1692-1753. Ickstatt, Johann Adam von, 1702-1776 Cocceji, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1679-1755. SUBJECT Cocceji, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1679-1755 fast Glafey, Adam Friedrich, 1692-1753 fast Ickstatt, Johann Adam von, 1702-1776 fast Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 fast Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm 1646-1716 gnd Glafey, Adam Friedrich 1692-1753 gnd Cocceji, Samuel von 1679-1755 gnd Ickstatt, Johann Adam von 1702-1776 gnd Subject International law -- Early works to 1800 Jurisprudence -- History. Law -- Philosophy. Law -- Political aspects. International law Jurisprudence Law -- Philosophy Law -- Political aspects Völkerrecht Rechtsphilosophie Germany. Public international law. International law. History of international law. Leibniz (Gottfried Wilhelm) Henricus Coccejus (1644-1719) Johann Jakob Moser (1701-1785) Emerich de Vattel (1714-1767) Droit international -- Aspect politique -- Allemagne -- 17e siècle. Droit international -- Aspect politique -- Allemagne -- 18e siècle. Genre/Form Early works History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789004206632 9004206639 1283280760 9781283280761 9004209751 9789004209756 9786613280763 6613280763

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