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The Cambridge History of International Law

The Cambridge History of International Law

The Cambridge History of International Law

Volume 6: International Law in Early Modern Europe
Randall Lesaffer, KU Leuven and Tilburg University
July 2025
6. International Law in Early Modern Europe
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9781108485616
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    Volume VI of The Cambridge History of International Law offers a survey of the law of nations in early modern Europe through a balanced treatment of legal theory and diplomatic practice. Bringing together a wide range of scholars, this volume builds on recent historiographical insights from different disciplines, including legal history, diplomatic history, and the history of political thought. It considers all major themes ranging from the allocation of jurisdiction over land and sea, war- and peace- making, trade and navigation to diplomacy and dispute settlement. A unique overall synthesis of early modern law across nations in Europe.

    • Offers a new narrative concerning the law of nations in early modern Europe
    • Combines insights from legal history, diplomatic history, and the history of political thought
    • Embeds recent revisionist historiography on the early modern law of nations in a comprehensive new narrative

    Product details

    July 2025
    Hardback
    9781108485616
    782 pages
    234 × 163 × 43 mm
    1.36kg
    10 maps
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. International Law in Renaissance Europe (1492–1660)
    • 1. The law of nations in Renaissance Europe Randall Lesaffer
    • 2. Territory and jurisdiction in Renaissance Europe Tamar Herzog
    • 3. Beyond the free sea. The law of the sea in Renaissance Europe Louis Sicking
    • 4. War and the use of force in Renaissance Europe Anuschka Tischer
    • 5. Warfare on land in Renaissance Europe Valentina Vadi
    • 6. The law of maritime warfare during the transition between medieval and early modern Europe Alain Wijffels
    • 7. Peace-making in Renaissance Europe Randall Lesaffer
    • 8. Trade and navigation in Renaissance Europe Dave De Ruysscher
    • 9. Diplomacy in Renaissance Europe Dante Fedele
    • 10. Dispute settlement in Renaissance Europe Guido Braun
    • 11. The Ottoman encounter and the law of nations in the Renaissance Maurits H. van den Boogert
    • Part II. International Law in Old Regime Europe (1660–1775) 12. The law of nations in Old Regime Europe Randall Lesaffer
    • 13. Territory and jurisdiction in Old Regime Europe Frederik Dhondt
    • 14. The law of the sea in Old Regime Europe Kinji Akashi
    • 15. War and the use of force in Old Regime Europe Randall Lesaffer
    • 16. Warfare on land in Old Regime Europe Stefano Cattelan and Raymond Kubben
    • 17. Maritime warfare in Old Regime Europe Stefano Cattelan
    • 18. Peace-making in Old Regime Europe Randall Lesaffer
    • 19. Trade in Old Regime Europe Dave De Ruysscher
    • 20. Diplomacy in Old Regime Europe Linda S. Frey and Marsha Frey
    • 21. Dispute settlement in Old Regime Europe Christoph Kampmann
    • 22. The Ottoman encounter and the law of nations in the Old Regime Maurits H. van den Boogert.
      Contributors
    • Randall Lesaffer, Tamar Herzog, Louis Sicking, Anuschka Tischer, Valentina Vadi, Alain Wijffels, Dave De Ruysscher, Dante Fedele, Guido Braun, Maurits H. van den Boogert, Frederik Dhondt, Kinji Akashi, Stefano Cattelan, Raymond Kubben, Linda S. Frey, Marsha Frey and Christoph Kampmann

    • General Editor
    • Randall Lesaffer , KU Leuven and Tilburg University

      Randall Lesaffer is Professor of Legal History at KU Leuven in Belgium and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He is the author of European Legal History: A Cultural and Political Perspective (2009) and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius. He is the editor-in-chief of the book series Studies in the History of International Law, an editor of the Global Law series and an editor of the Journal of the History of International Law.