Book contents
- War, States, and International Order
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations: 159
- War, States, and International Order
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Context, Reception, and the Study of Great Thinkers in International Relations
- Part I Gentili’s De iure belli in Its Original Context
- Part II Gentili’s De iure belli and the Myth of “Modern War”
- 4 Unearthing the “True Founder” of International Law
- 5 Constructing the History of the “Modern” Laws of War
- 6 Carl Schmitt and the Entrenchment of the Myth
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
4 - Unearthing the “True Founder” of International Law
from Part II - Gentili’s De iure belli and the Myth of “Modern War”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
- War, States, and International Order
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations: 159
- War, States, and International Order
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Context, Reception, and the Study of Great Thinkers in International Relations
- Part I Gentili’s De iure belli in Its Original Context
- Part II Gentili’s De iure belli and the Myth of “Modern War”
- 4 Unearthing the “True Founder” of International Law
- 5 Constructing the History of the “Modern” Laws of War
- 6 Carl Schmitt and the Entrenchment of the Myth
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations
Summary
This chapter tells the remarkable story of how, in the late nineteenth century, Gentili was revived and presented as a challenger to Grotius for the broad title of “true founder of international law.” While in the end he did not become as famous as Grotius – and later Vitoria – across the literature on the history of international law, he was pushed to center stage by a group of prominent individuals who claimed he was potentially the true founder of international law, and on this basis, he eventually came to occupy a newly important place in the history of international law, particularly within histories of the laws of war.
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- War, States, and International OrderAlberico Gentili and the Foundational Myth of the Laws of War, pp. 135 - 171Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022