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- International Law and Peace Settlements
- International Law and Peace Settlements
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Case Law
- Peace Agreements and Instruments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Historical Dimensions to Peace Settlement Practice
- 2 Ancient Peace Treaties and International Law
- 3 The Lore and Laws of Peace-Making in Early Modern and Nineteenth-Century European Peace Treaties
- 4 The Treaty of Westphalia As Peace Settlement and Political Concept
- 5 The Boundaries of Peace-Making
- Part II Peace Agreements As Legal Instruments
- Part III Key Actors and the Role of International Law
- Part IV Representation, Sovereignty and Governance
- Part V Economic Aspects of Peace Settlements
- Part VI Humanitarian Obligations and Human Rights
- Conclusion
- Index
2 - Ancient Peace Treaties and International Law
from Part I - Historical Dimensions to Peace Settlement Practice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2021
- International Law and Peace Settlements
- International Law and Peace Settlements
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Case Law
- Peace Agreements and Instruments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Historical Dimensions to Peace Settlement Practice
- 2 Ancient Peace Treaties and International Law
- 3 The Lore and Laws of Peace-Making in Early Modern and Nineteenth-Century European Peace Treaties
- 4 The Treaty of Westphalia As Peace Settlement and Political Concept
- 5 The Boundaries of Peace-Making
- Part II Peace Agreements As Legal Instruments
- Part III Key Actors and the Role of International Law
- Part IV Representation, Sovereignty and Governance
- Part V Economic Aspects of Peace Settlements
- Part VI Humanitarian Obligations and Human Rights
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
In this chapter I begin by examining some of the earliest legal documents to have been found, vassal treaties from the middle of the third millennium BCE. In the second section I analyze the most famous ancient “international” treaty: that struck between Egypt and the Hittite Kingdom in the second millennium BCE. In the third section I begin to explore the idea of compliance to treaties in the ancient world. In the fourth section I explore the specific use of oaths and threats as self-help in enforcement of ancient treaties. And in the final section, I discuss how trust was understood and encouraged in ancient times.
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- International Law and Peace Settlements , pp. 31 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021