Rights of War and Peace, The

Rights of War and Peace, The

by Tuck, Richard

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The Rights of War and Peace is the first fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It sets the scene with an extensive history of the theory of international relations from antiquity down to the seventeenth century. Professor Tuck then examines the arguments over the moral basis for war and international aggression, and links the debates to the writings of the great political theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. This is not only an…

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The Rights of War and Peace is the first fully historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It sets the scene with an extensive history of the theory of international relations from antiquity down to the seventeenth century. Professor Tuck then examines the arguments over the moral basis for war and international aggression, and links the debates to the writings of the great political theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Kant. This is not only an account of international law: as Professor Tuck shows, ideas about inter-state relations were centra.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1999.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780198207535, 0198207530
  • oclc:on1027174960
  • LC Classification:KZ3295.T83A37 1999
  • Dewey Decimal:327.101

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Political science

Writers

Tuck, Richard

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