"When the sixteenth century jurist Alberico Gentili was pulled back from the dead and celebrated with great fanfare amongst English and Italian international lawyers in the 1870s, not everyone was entirely on board with the festivities. Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, a prominent Belg…
"When the sixteenth century jurist Alberico Gentili was pulled back from the dead and celebrated with great fanfare amongst English and Italian international lawyers in the 1870s, not everyone was entirely on board with the festivities. Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, a prominent Belg…
Who 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 conventio…
Who 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 conventio…
"When the sixteenth century jurist Alberico Gentili was pulled back from the dead and celebrated with great fanfare amongst English and Italian international lawyers in the 1870s, not everyone was entirely on board with the festivities. Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, a prominent Belg…
Examining the legacy of Alberico Gentili, this book questions conventional narratives about how states monopolized the right to wage war.