{"product_id":"war-states-and-international-order-alberico-gentili-and-the-foundational-myth-of-the-laws-of-war-paperback-softback-9781009107594","title":"War, States, and International Order; Alberico Gentili and the Foundational Myth of the Laws of War (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009107594","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWar, States, and International Order\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAlberico Gentili and the Foundational Myth of the Laws of War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamining the legacy of Alberico Gentili, this book questions conventional narratives about how states monopolized the right to wage war.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClaire Vergerio (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009107594, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 March 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a profound, skillfully crafted, delightfully irreverent and iconoclastic account of canon and canonicity that deftly navigates a dazzling maze of historical sources, historiographical debates, methodological polemics, and disciplinary boundaries in order to posit the seldom-asked questions that the canon silences.' Rotem Giladi, The Cambridge Review of International Affairs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWho has the right to wage war? The answer to this question constitutes one of the most fundamental organizing principles of any international order. Under contemporary international humanitarian law, this right is essentially restricted to sovereign states. It has been conventionally assumed that this arrangement derives from the ideas of the late-sixteenth century jurist Alberico Gentili. Claire Vergerio argues that this story is a myth, invented in the late 1800s by a group of prominent international lawyers who crafted what would become the contemporary laws of war. These lawyers reinterpreted Gentili's writings on war after centuries of marginal interest, and this revival was deeply intertwined with a project of making the modern sovereign state the sole subject of international law. By uncovering the genesis and diffusion of this narrative, Vergerio calls for a profound reassessment of when and with what consequences war became the exclusive prerogative of sovereign states.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Context, reception, and the study of great thinkers in International Relations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Gentili's De iure Belli in its Original Context: 2. Alberico Gentili's De iure Belli: Between Bodin and the reason of state tradition\u003cbr\u003e 3. Grounding an absolutist approach to the laws of war\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Gentili's De iure Belli and the Myth of 'Modern War': 4. Unearthing the 'true founder' of international law\u003cbr\u003e 5. Constructing the history of the 'modern' laws of war\u003cbr\u003e 6. Carl Schmitt and the entrenchment of the myth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International organisations \u0026amp; institutions [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International organisations \u0026amp; institutions\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20organisations%20\u0026amp;%20institutions%20%5BLBBU%5D%22\"\u003eLBBU\u003c\/a\u003e], International humanitarian law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International humanitarian law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20humanitarian%20law%20%5BLBBS%5D%22\"\u003eLBBS\u003c\/a\u003e], International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e], History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474980401432,"sku":"9781009107594","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009107594i.jpg?v=1785802445","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/war-states-and-international-order-alberico-gentili-and-the-foundational-myth-of-the-laws-of-war-paperback-softback-9781009107594","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}