Tuck, Richard

The rights of war and peace : political thought and the international order from Grotius to Kant / Richard Tuck - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010 - 243 p. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction 1 Humanism 2 Scholasticism 3 Hugo Grotius 4 Thomas Hobbes
5 Samuel Pufendorf 6 From Locke to Vattel
7 Rousseau and Kant

Conclusion

Summary: The Rights of War and Peace is a fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. Professor Tuck examines the arguments over the moral basis for war, and links the debates to the writings of Hobbes et al

9780199248148


International law
International law--Philosophy
International relations--Philosophy

341.09 / TUR